Re: [patch net-next v3 3/3] devlink: add format requirement for devlink object names

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 05:20:07PM CEST, dsahern@gmail.com wrote:
>On 10/21/19 8:26 AM, Jiri Pirko 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. This applies to params, resources, reporters,
>> traps, trap groups, dpipe tables and dpipe fields.
>> 
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>This seems random and without any real cause. There is no reason to
>exclude dash and uppercase for example in the names.

I forgot to update the desc. Uppercase chars are now allowed as Andrew
requested. Regarding dash, it could be allowed of course. But why isn't
"_" enough. I mean, I think it would be good to maintain allowed chars
within a limit.
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