Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] PCI/ERR: Rename error reporting to generic pci naming

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 02:00:40PM +0530, poza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 2018-01-17 13:54, poza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >On 2018-01-17 06:46, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >>On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 03:28:40PM +0530, Oza Pawandeep wrote:
> >>>This patch renames error reporting to generic function with
> >>>pci prefix
> >>>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Oza Pawandeep <poza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> >>>b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> >>>index 4fda843..5ed9575 100644
> >>>--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> >>>+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> >>>@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void handle_error_source(struct
> >>>pcie_device *aerdev,
> >>> 			pci_write_config_dword(dev, pos + PCI_ERR_COR_STATUS,
> >>> 					info->status);
> >>> 	} else
> >>>-		do_recovery(dev, info->severity);
> >>>+		pci_do_recovery(dev, info->severity);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER
> >>>@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void aer_recover_work_func(struct
> >>>work_struct *work)
> >>> 			continue;
> >>> 		}
> >>> 		cper_print_aer(pdev, entry.severity, entry.regs);
> >>>-		do_recovery(pdev, entry.severity);
> >>>+		pci_do_recovery(pdev, entry.severity);
> >>> 		pci_dev_put(pdev);
> >>> 	}
> >>> }
> >>>diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/pcie-err.c
> >>>b/drivers/pci/pcie/pcie-err.c
> >>>index 76e66bb..5792a9f 100644
> >>>--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/pcie-err.c
> >>>+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/pcie-err.c
> >>>@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
> >>> #include <linux/pcieport_if.h>
> >>> #include "portdrv.h"
> >>>
> >>>-struct aer_broadcast_data {
> >>>+struct pci_err_broadcast_data {
> >>> 	enum pci_channel_state state;
> >>> 	enum pci_ers_result result;
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>>-pci_ers_result_t merge_result(enum pci_ers_result orig,
> >>>+pci_ers_result_t pci_merge_result(enum pci_ers_result orig,
> >>
> >>Most of these functions started out static in aerdrv_core.c and should
> >>remain static.  Therefore, they do not need to be renamed.  Same for
> >>the struct aer_broadcast_data.
> 
> ok so in conclusion I should rename only do_recovery. nothing else
> to be renamed.
> and keep the functions static after moving them to pci_err.c.

Functions should always be static whenever possible.

Names of static functions need not contain the subsystem.  It's
sometimes nice if they do, but in this case I think a rename adds
confusion but no real benefit.