Re: [PATCH 3/5] hwrng: amd: Be consitent with the driver name

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed Aug 24 2016 - 06:58:48 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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.

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