Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] thermal/drivers/core: Use a char pointer for the cooling device name

From: Ido Schimmel
Date: Sun Mar 14 2021 - 08:48:21 EST


On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 12:13:29PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> We want to have any kind of name for the cooling devices as we do no
> longer want to rely on auto-numbering. Let's replace the cooling
> device's fixed array by a char pointer to be allocated dynamically
> when registering the cooling device, so we don't limit the length of
> the name.
>
> Rework the error path at the same time as we have to rollback the
> allocations in case of error.
>
> Tested with a dummy device having the name:
> "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"
>
> A village on the island of Anglesey (Wales), known to have the longest
> name in Europe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>