Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] staging: vt6655: fix camelcase in bShortSlotTime

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Oct 04 2021 - 09:17:57 EST


On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 02:58:06PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 01:26:32PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:49:29PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 06:43:00AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:35:15PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 05:26:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 06:25:18PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > > > > > > Replace camel case variable bShortSlotTime with snake case
> > > > > > > variable b_short_slot_time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That is a very odd variable name. Why did you pick that one?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What deos it mean?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You do understand where the original naming format came from here, and
> > > > > > what it was trying to represent, right? If not, please go read up on
> > > > > > it:
> > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That style is not used in Linux, and so, when converting from it, do not
> > > > > > attempt to keep the same style present here, that is kind of pointless,
> > > > > > don't you agree?
> > > > >
> > > > > You are definitely right. What do you think about "short_slot_time"?
> > > >
> > > > "time" implies that this will hold a value of time, right?
> > > >
> > > > What exactly does this variable do? That might help in naming it
> > > > better.
> > >
> > > Is a boolean variable, if true short slot time mode is enabled, false
> > > not right?
> > > A good solution could be: "short_slot_mode"? What do you think about?
> >
> > No. That's a confusing name. What is a short slot mode anyway?
> >
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
>
> Hi Dan,
> My bad sorry, "short_slot_time_en".

Ah, never mind. It means something for the protocol. I thought it was
driver specific. Just use short_slot_mode like you original suggested.
The "_en" doesn't add anything.

In the commit message you out include the information from here so that
reviewers who don't know the wifi spec will understand the meaning.

regards,
dan carpenter