On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 06:03:32PM +0300, Sergey Fedorov wrote:
> Yes, but kvm_create_device() returns a file descriptor whereas this
> function is predicative. Personally, I like the convention described in
> chapter 16 of Linux kernel coding style [1]:
>
> If the name of a function is an action or an imperative command,
> the function should return an error-code integer. If the name
> is a predicate, the function should return a "succeeded" boolean.
The above is talking about return values. Maybe you were trying to
reference this one as example about add_work() and
pci_dev_present():
For example, "add work" is a command, and the add_work()
function returns 0 for success or -EBUSY for failure. In the
same way, "PCI device present" is a predicate, and the
pci_dev_present() function returns 1 if it succeeds in finding a
matching device or 0 if it doesn't.
Seems make sense. Will take your advice. Thanks.
-- peterx
