Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] list_debug: Introduce inline wrappers for debug checks

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 13:57:57 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 19:49:48 +0200
> Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > I've been guilty of this madness myself, but I have learned the errors of
> > > my ways, and have been avoiding doing so in any new code I write.    
> > 
> > That's fair. We can call them __list_*_valid() (inline), and
> > __list_*_valid_or_report() ?  
> 
> __list_*_valid_check() ?
> 

I have to admit, I think the main reason kernel developers default to using
these useless underscores is because kernel developers are notoriously
lousy at naming. ;-)

-- Steve