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Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:56:08 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
To:     Dorcas Litunya <anonolitunya@gmail.com>
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        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>,
        Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH]Staging: sm750fb:Add snakecase naming style
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 02:33:00PM +0300, Dorcas Litunya wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 01:48:08PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 01:42:15PM +0300, Dorcas AnonoLitunya wrote:
> > > From: Dorcas Anono Litunya <anonolitunya@gmail.com>
> > > 
> > > Change camelCase variables in file to snake_case for consistent naming
> > > practices. Issue found by checkpatch.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Dorcas Anono Litunya <anonolitunya@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c | 86 +++++++++++++--------------
> > >  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.h |  2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_hw.c    |  2 +-
> > >  3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c
> > > index e00a6cb31947..f08dcab29172 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c
> > > @@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
> > >   * in bit 29:27 of Display Control register.
> > >   */
> > >  static unsigned long
> > > -displayControlAdjust_SM750LE(struct mode_parameter *pModeParam,
> > > -			     unsigned long dispControl)
> > > +display_control_adjust_SM750LE(struct mode_parameter *p_mode_param,
> > 
> > The p stands for pointer.  We don't like that naming style.  Just call
> > it mode_param.
> > 
> > Thes are the renamed things.
> > 
> > displayControlAdjust_SM750LE => display_control_adjust_SM750LE
> > pModeParam => p_mode_param
> > dispControl => disp_control
> > programModeRegisters => program_mode_registers
> > ddk750_setModeTiming => ddk750_set_mode_timing
> > 
> > I feel like this would be better broken up probably into one variable
> > per patch.  It's jumping around between files.  These variables are not
> > closely related.
> Thanks for the feedback Dan. I will revise to do one variable per patch.
> 
> However,I have an inquiry the main reason its jumping between files is because one of the
> functions I am modifying(the ddk_set_mode_timing) is imported and used
> in other files. In this case, should I do one patch per variable per
> file?

No that would break the build...

It's just that I felt that in this case it's especially useful to
break it apart because some of them affect multiple files and some of
the variables are local to a given function.  (You should still adjust
the header file to match even though the compiler doesn't care).

regards,
dan carpenter