Re: [PATCH v1 01/18] staging: gpib: struct typing for gpib_interface

From: Michael Rubin
Date: Wed Apr 09 2025 - 13:53:11 EST


On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 11:26:41AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 10:24:47PM +0000, Michael Rubin wrote:
> > Using Linux code style for gpib_interface struct in .h to allow drivers to
> > migrate.
> >
> > Adhering to Linux code style.
> >
> > In general, a pointer, or a struct that has elements that can reasonably be
> > directly accessed should never be a typedef.
> >
> > Reported by CheckPatch
> >
> > WARNING: do not add new typedefs
> >
>
> This commit message is quite long but it's totally unrelated to what the
> patch does.
>
> This commit message should just say "Having the word "_struct" in the
> name of the struct doesn't add any information so rename struct
> gpib_interface_struct to struct gpib_interface."

Thank you for the input. New commit marked v2 sent to the list.

Michael Rubin