RE: [PATCH 2/6] Staging: hv: Rename vm_device to hyperv_device

[KY Srinivasan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 9:33 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang; Hank
> Janssen
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] Staging: hv: Rename vm_device to hyperv_device
> 
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 06:06:03PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > Rename the vm_device abstraction as hyperv_device.
> 
> That's a nice name, but it's the first one with a "hyperv_" prefix in
> this subsystem.  Ok, second, but hyperv_service_context doesn't really
> count as it's not really used.
> 
> Everything else is named "hv_" here.  Which is it going to be, "hv_" or
> "hyperv_"?
> 
> Either is fine, just be aware of the work involved if you pick
> "hyperv_"...

As far as the device state and driver state in this subsystem is concerned;
I thought the consensus was to name them hyperv_*

> 
> You also rename vm_device_info to hyperv_device_info here, doing more
> than one thing in a single patch.
> 
> Please don't do that, this should be 2 patches.

I changed all device related state to be consistently named. However,
I will break it up into 2 patches.
> 
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc.c        |    4 +-
> >  drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c    |    8 ++--
> >  drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h  |    2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c        |   56 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.h        |    2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_api.h    |   12 ++++----
> >  drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c    |   14 ++++----
> >  drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c  |   18 ++++++------
> >  drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c       |   36 ++++++++++++-----------
> >  drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_api.h   |    4 +-
> >  drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c   |   10 +++---
> >  drivers/staging/hv/vmbus.h         |    6 ++--
> >  drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_api.h     |    8 ++--
> >  drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c     |   50 ++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_private.h |   12 ++++----
> >  15 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc.c
> > index ecface3..47ccec2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc.c
> > @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ static const struct hv_guid g_blk_device_type = {
> >  	}
> >  };
> >
> > -static int blk_vsc_on_device_add(struct vm_device *device,
> > -				void *additional_info)
> > +static int
> > +blk_vsc_on_device_add(struct hyperv_device *device, void *additional_info)
> 
> Ick, why break the formatting like this?  Please keep the return type on
> the same line as the function name.
> 
> You do that in a number of places, please don't.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

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