[PATCHv2 3/7] driver, misc: add Intel Stratix10 service layer driver

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Mar 15 09:48:36 PDT 2018


On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 06:19:31PM -0600, richard.gong at linux.intel.com wrote:
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_svc_channel_byname);

All of your global symbols should have the same prefix, not a verb.  So
this should be:
	svc_channel_request_by_name(), right?

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_svc_channel);

svc_channel_free()?

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_svc_send);

Wait, why doesn't the first ones have "intel_svc" in them?

What is the difference here?

Should they all just have "intel_svc_" as the prefix?

Stick to one thing for all exported functions/variables please, it's the
only way we can attempt to keep our namespace "sane".

Also, why would a 'misc' driver be exporting things that something else
uses?  Why not just put this in the fpga directory next to the users of
this code?

thanks,

greg k-h



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