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SubjectRe: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH v2] staging: wilc1000: renames struct tstrRSSI and its members u8Index, u8Full
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On 23-2-2017 8:08, Julia Lawall wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback Arend, I really appreciate it. I've decided to go with
>> these changes in my follow-up patch request:
>>
>> - rename tstrRSSI to 'rssi_history_buffer' as Aren suggested since it makes the
>> purpose of the struct clear
>> - remove Hungarian notation from all tstrRSSI members' names
>> - change type of u8Full to bool since it's only ever 1 or 0
>> - change name of as8RSSI to 'samples' since this buffer is only ever used to
>> compute an average, and the "rssi" prefix is implied by the struct's name
>> - rename str_rssi to rssi_history in the network_info struct for clarity
>>
>> Since my reasoning for these changes deviates from just "renaming to
>> avoid camel casing" (as in the original checkpatch.pl warning), would it still
>> make sense to submit all this in a single patch? I know my commit message
>> needs to change but I wonder if this is too much detail.
>
> I would strongly suggest not to do it all in a single patch. Even if these
> changes are not very complicated conceptually, there is always a chance of
> doing things wrong. Taking the problems one by one will improve the chance
> that the result is correct. Also, the results will be easier for you and
> others to review if each patch only does one thing. And easier to revert
> if needed later if something goes wrong.

It is all related to cleaning up stuff in a single struct which I
consider "one thing" here. To me it looks a bit silly if you rename one
struct member when it is obvious that the other two need to be renamed
as well. The only somewhat sensible split I see here is: 1) rename the
struct itself, 2) rename the struct members, and 3) rename str_rssi
member in struct network_info.

Regards,
Arend

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