Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:32:59 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/7] sysfs: @name comes before @ns |
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:49:43PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, Eric. > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:39:27PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > @ns is more significant so it should come first. > > > > Where do we have the backwards convention of putting @name first? > > Because @ns is optional and you end up with stupid stuff like > > sysfs_xxx_ns(@param, @ns, @name) > sysfs_xxx(@param, @name) > > You put optional params after the mandatory ones. It may be difficult > to accept for you but @ns is a *clearly* optional thing for sysfs.
Sorry Eric, but I agree with Tejun here, the optional part is @ns, not name, so it should go at the end.
thanks,
greg k-h
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