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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] hwrng: amd: Be consitent with the driver name
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 03:51:22PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 06:58:11PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 03:42:55PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> > > The driver name is displayed each time differently.
> > > This patch make use of the same name everywhere.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c | 13 ++++++-------
> > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c
> > > index d0042f5..d0a806a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c
> > > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
> > > #include <linux/delay.h>
> > > #include <asm/io.h>
> > >
> > > -#define PFX KBUILD_MODNAME ": "
> > > +#define DRV_NAME "AMD768-HWRNG"
> > >
> > > /*
> > > * Data for PCI driver interface
> > > @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void amd_rng_cleanup(struct hwrng *rng)
> > > }
> > >
> > > static struct hwrng amd_rng = {
> > > - .name = "amd",
> > > + .name = DRV_NAME,
> >
> > Hmm, this changes a sysfs-exported name which has the potential
> > to break user-space. So I think you'd need to a stronger argument
> > to do it other than just cleaning it up.
> >
>
> amd is really really too generic.

Well this would have been a good reason to change it before it
went into the kernel.

Cheers,
--
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
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