[dpdk-dev] [RFC] net/virtio: remove prefix from virtqueue struct fields

Tiwei Bie tiwei.bie at intel.com
Fri Mar 22 08:10:32 CET 2019


On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:17:22PM +0100, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
> On 3/21/19 3:02 PM, Jens Freimann wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 02:45:20PM +0100, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
> > > Most of 'virtqueue' struct fields are prefixed with 'vq_'.
> > > This redundant, this patch removes them all.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Following our discussions on removing the 'vq_' prefix, I did
> > > the patch to see how it would look like.

Thanks for the work!

> > > 
> > > It looks like it does not prevent any lines to be split but one.
> > > But the code is more readable IMHO.
> > > 
> > > I send this as RFC to get your feedback.
> > 
> > Yes, I think it's more readable.  One thing I had not thought about is
> > that it makes it harder to find meaningful results from git blame
> > output. Can we live with that?
> 
> That's a valid point, and I think it might be more problematic than the
> conflicts for backporting, which would be trivial to solve.
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion on whether we should do it or not.

I also don't have a strong opinion.

Thanks,
Tiwei

> 
> Thanks,
> Maxime
> > 
> > regards,
> > Jens


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