[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/10] net/virtio: refactor virtqueue structure

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:40:26 +0800
Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie at intel.com> wrote:

> > I agree the vq_ prefix is not needed and I think the code is more
> > readable in general seeing the packed/split name when using the struct.
> > 
> > Please also consider that cosmetic changes in multiple places likely
> > mean backports will not apply cleanly to the stable branches anymore, so
> > it does have a cost.  
> 
> Yeah, agree.


prefixing structure elements is an old school BSD thing back from when
compilers were not smart about namespaces for identifiers.

Agree that it is no longer needed.