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

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Thu Mar 21 15:17:22 CET 2019



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.
>>
>> 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.

Thanks,
Maxime
> 
> regards,
> Jens


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