On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 12:16:45PM +0530, Aakash Hemadri wrote: > On 21/02/10 06:50PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 06:42:07PM +0800, Yujia Qiao wrote: > > > Replace camel case variable names with snake case in baseband.c. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Yujia Qiao <rapiz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c | 4 ++-- > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > This doesn't apply cleanly to my staging-next branch, can you please > > rebase it and resend? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel > > When I first encountered the CamelCase check I believed that > making such changes would only cause trouble for others. Nope. > Are such changes to API welcome in the kernel? There is no "stable api" within the kernel, so fixing up incorrect names is acceptable and required. > I presume it is as long it doesn't break building the kernel Of course, no patch can break the kernel build. > If I do decide to fix such checks what must I look out for? That everything continues to work as before? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel