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From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: Early dev_name() support.
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:03:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100315080359.GA15171@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac3eb2511003111159q84e6cefi43de106c79c0e333@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:59:18PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 07:57, Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> wrote:
> > This implements early init_name construction from the matched name/id
> > pair following the semantics of the late device/driver match. As a
> > result, matched IDs (inclusive of requested ones) are preserved when the
> > handoff from the early platform code happens at kobject initialization
> > time.
> 
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (!match->dev.init_name) {
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? char buf[32];
> > +
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (match->id != -1)
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s.%d",
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??match->name, match->id);
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? else
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s",
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??match->name);
> > +
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? match->dev.init_name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (!match->dev.init_name)
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? return -ENOMEM;
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? }
> 
> This can be kasprintf() I guess.
> 
Yeah, that looks fine. I'll update it.

> > ??static inline const char *dev_name(const struct device *dev)
> > ??{
> > + ?? ?? ?? /* Use the init name until the kobject becomes available */
> 
> This should probably state that it's used for getting names out of
> unregistered devices. Otherwise it sounds confusing.
> 
It's not clear that that distinction makes things any less confusing.
Early devices are registered, they just haven't been fully initialized
yet.

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From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: Early dev_name() support.
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:03:59 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100315080359.GA15171@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac3eb2511003111159q84e6cefi43de106c79c0e333@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:59:18PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 07:57, Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> wrote:
> > This implements early init_name construction from the matched name/id
> > pair following the semantics of the late device/driver match. As a
> > result, matched IDs (inclusive of requested ones) are preserved when the
> > handoff from the early platform code happens at kobject initialization
> > time.
> 
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (!match->dev.init_name) {
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? char buf[32];
> > +
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (match->id != -1)
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s.%d",
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??match->name, match->id);
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? else
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s",
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??match->name);
> > +
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? match->dev.init_name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (!match->dev.init_name)
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? return -ENOMEM;
> > + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? }
> 
> This can be kasprintf() I guess.
> 
Yeah, that looks fine. I'll update it.

> > ??static inline const char *dev_name(const struct device *dev)
> > ??{
> > + ?? ?? ?? /* Use the init name until the kobject becomes available */
> 
> This should probably state that it's used for getting names out of
> unregistered devices. Otherwise it sounds confusing.
> 
It's not clear that that distinction makes things any less confusing.
Early devices are registered, they just haven't been fully initialized
yet.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-15  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-09  6:57 [PATCH] driver core: Early dev_name() support Paul Mundt
2010-03-09  6:57 ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-10  2:37 ` Greg KH
2010-03-10  2:37   ` Greg KH
2010-03-10  3:21   ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-10  3:21     ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-10  3:28     ` Greg KH
2010-03-10  3:28       ` Greg KH
2010-03-10  4:10       ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-10  4:10         ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-11 19:59 ` Kay Sievers
2010-03-11 19:59   ` Kay Sievers
2010-03-15  8:03   ` Paul Mundt [this message]
2010-03-15  8:03     ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-15 11:29     ` Kay Sievers
2010-03-15 11:29       ` Kay Sievers
2010-03-15 11:56       ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-15 11:56         ` Paul Mundt

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