Re: [PATCH] [PATCH]Staging: sm750fb:Add snakecase naming style

[Dorcas Litunya]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Change camelCase variables in file to snake_case for consistent naming
> > practices. Issue found by checkpatch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dorcas Anono Litunya <anonolitunya@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  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?

Dorcas

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>