[PATCH v2 01/15] staging:rtl8192u: Remove typedef of struct cmpk_txfb_t - Style

John Whitmore johnfwhitmore at gmail.com
Mon Jul 30 18:43:38 UTC 2018


On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:11:38AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:07:33PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> > Remove the typedef of the structure cmpk_txfb_t. This clears the
> > checkpatch issue with defining new types.
> > 
> > Additionally the type is renamed from cmpk_txfb_t to cmd_pkt_tx_feedback
> > removing the '_t' as the typedef has been removed.
> > 
> > These changes are purely coding style in nature and should have no
> > impact on runtime code execution.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_cmdpkt.c | 8 ++++----
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_cmdpkt.h | 6 +++---
> >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_cmdpkt.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_cmdpkt.c
> > index 3140b3413f91..630cf612f265 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_cmdpkt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_cmdpkt.c
> > @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ rt_status SendTxCommandPacket(struct net_device *dev, void *pData, u32 DataLen)
> >   * Overview:
> >   *
> >   * Input:       PADAPTER	pAdapter
> > - *              CMPK_TXFB_T	*psTx_FB
> > + *              STRUCT CMD_PKT_TX_FEEDBACK	*psTx_FB
> 
> nit, this should all be in lowercase now right?
> 
> Anyway, these function comments need to all go anyway, they are horrid :)
> 
> Something for future patches, look at the ones for the gasket driver
> sent yesterday as an example of what to do.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Thanks for the pointer to gasket driver. I didn't like to start into horrid
comments, thinking that maybe they do convey some information to somebody, or
they're in that format for a reson. The code is easier. Anyhow thanks for
that pointer, and I will change comments in future. Sure all that can
happen is you'll reject some/all, but sure I might learn the style required.

jwhitmore


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