Re: [PATCH 4/7] kfifo: rename kfifo_put... into kfifo_in... andkfifo_get... into kfifo_out...

[Andi Kleen]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 02:03:39PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 23:00 +0200, Stefani Seibold wrote:
> > rename kfifo_put... into kfifo_in... to prevent miss use of old non in kernel-tree drivers
> > ditto for kfifo_get... -> kfifo_out...
> 
> I would have thought
> 	kfifo_put -> kfifo_out
> 	kfifo_get -> kfifo_in
> but maybe that's just me.

I don't think it's fruitful to criticize other people's variable
names. The rule in Linux is normally: if you write the code
you get to name it the way you want.

-Andi

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