Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] staging: qlge: replace ql_* with qlge_* to avoid namespace clashes with other qlogic drivers

From: Benjamin Poirier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:01:36 +0900

On 2020-10-14 18:43 +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> To avoid namespace clashes with other qlogic drivers and also for the
> sake of naming consistency, use the "qlge_" prefix as suggested in
> drivers/staging/qlge/TODO.
> 
> Suggested-by: Benjamin Poirier <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/qlge/TODO           |    4 -
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge.h         |  190 ++--
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c     | 1073 ++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c |  231 ++---
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c    | 1257 +++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_mpi.c     |  352 ++++----
>  6 files changed, 1551 insertions(+), 1556 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO b/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO
> index f93f7428f5d5..5ac55664c3e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO
> +++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO
> @@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
>  * the driver has a habit of using runtime checks where compile time checks are
>    possible (ex. ql_free_rx_buffers(), ql_alloc_rx_buffers())
>  * reorder struct members to avoid holes if it doesn't impact performance
> -* in terms of namespace, the driver uses either qlge_, ql_ (used by
> -  other qlogic drivers, with clashes, ex: ql_sem_spinlock) or nothing (with
> -  clashes, ex: struct ob_mac_iocb_req). Rename everything to use the "qlge_"
> -  prefix.

You only renamed ql -> qlge. The prefix needs to be added where there is
currently none like the second example of that text.

Besides, the next patch reintroduces the name struct ql_adapter.