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From: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
To: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@intel.com>
Cc: Intel GFX <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gt: change prefix to debugfs functions
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:00:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <158134320986.5235.15215019925630321460@skylake-alporthouse-com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200210135808.GA2677@intel.intel>

Quoting Andi Shyti (2020-02-10 13:58:08)
> Hi Chris,
> 
> > > "We don't own the debugfs 'namespace' prefix." (Jani Nikula [*])
> > > 
> > > I agree, change the functions name from "debugfs_*" to
> > > "intel_gt_*" prefix.
> > 
> > An alternate way of looking at it is that these are all dependent on
> > CONFIG_DEBUGFS. So are they not the debugfs interface?
> 
> this is a complete matter of taste, I might have a strong opinion
> if the concept of name prefix was something respected all over
> i915, but that's not always the case.

It's an object prefix; here I'd like to argue that it is the global
debugfs/ that is the 'owner' (or root?) for this interface.

> If Jani feels like enforcing the idea of the function name
> prefix, I basically agree with the style.
> 
> With "debugfs_*" I understand all those functions that handle the
> debugfs as framework.

Exactly.
-Chris
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-10 14:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-10 13:40 [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gt: change prefix to debugfs functions Andi Shyti
2020-02-10 13:45 ` Chris Wilson
2020-02-10 13:46 ` Chris Wilson
2020-02-10 13:58   ` Andi Shyti
2020-02-10 14:00     ` Chris Wilson [this message]
2020-02-10 16:39 ` [Intel-gfx] ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success for " Patchwork

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