Re: [patch net-next v2] devlink: add format requirement for devlink param names

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 07:09:51PM CEST, jiri@resnulli.us wrote:
>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
>
>Currently, the name format is not required by the code, however it is
>required during patch review. All params added until now are in-lined
>with the following format:
>1) lowercase characters, digits and underscored are allowed
>2) underscore is neither at the beginning nor at the end and
>   there is no more than one in a row.
>
>Add checker to the code to require this format from drivers and warn if
>they don't follow.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
>---
>v1->v2:
>- removed empty line after comment
>- added check for empty string
>- converted i and len to size_t and put on a single line
>- s/valid_name/name_valid/ to be aligned with the rest

Will send v3 which would allow uppercase and will make it part of
patchset that would check more devlink strings.