Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:07:14 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mips: namespace pollution: dump_regs() -> elf_dump_regs() |
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On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:07:09PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Al Viro wrote: > > > dump_regs() is used by a bunch of drivers for their internal stuff; > > renamed mips instance (one that is seen in system-wide headers) > > to elf_dump_regs() > > I guess drivers should be fixed not to use generic names in the first > place -> s/dump_regs/frobnicator_dump_regs/, etc.
No. If nothing else, it's far less work to keep the headers reasonably clean than to slap prefices on every damn static-in-file function out there. Leads to more readable code in drivers, too... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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