Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:23:25 -0600 (CST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Rename struct task variables from p to tsk |
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Eric B Munson wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > Use t instead of p? Its a local variable after all. > > I don't find t any more informative than p. As a newcomer to most of this code > informative variable names, even for local variables, is a huge help.
Local variables are short because they are defined close to the point of use.
tsk is not that informative and the notion of a "task" can refer to various. However, when I see
struct task_struct *t;
I know what it refers to.
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