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DateTue, 4 Dec 2007 00:20:27 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 03:53:15PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2007 3:46 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:45:47PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Does the KOBJ_NAME_LEN really means the limit of kobject name length? seems
> > > not . And if it's true, is the KOBJ_NAME_LEN of 20 enough to use?
> >
> > No, not anymore, the kobject name is totally dynamic.
> 
> Eh, Why does this macro still exist? If KOBJ_NAME_LEN is really
> needed, maybe it should be renamed to something else to avoid
> misleading.

Right now other .h files use it also.  It isn't hurting anything for
now, and Kay has some patches he is working on to get rid of the static
bus_id array, which will then let us get rid of that define entirely.

thanks,

greg k-h


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