Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] iio: adc: qcom-spmi-adc5: Fix the channel name

From: Marijn Suijten
Date: Mon Jan 23 2023 - 12:01:30 EST


On 2023-01-23 17:35:34, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 22.01.2023 18:24, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:06:23 +0200
> > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> The node name can contain an address part which is unused
> >> by the driver. Moreover, this string is propagated into
> >> the userspace label, sysfs filenames *and breaking ABI*.
> >>
> >> Cut the address part out before assigning the channel name.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 4f47a236a23d ("iio: adc: qcom-spmi-adc5: convert to device properties")
> >> Reported-by: Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > LGTM, but given it will have ABI impact, I'd like to hear from
> > Andy, Bjorn or Konrad as maintainers and /or Dmitry as someone
> > who has touched this driver fairly recently.
> + Doug
>
> Unless the Chromium folks relied on the old names (they're the
> only ones I can think of that actually could have tapped into
> this), I say green light!

Can you clarify "old names"? The ABI-broken ones after Nuno's patch
with @xx suffix, or the orignal names (without @xx) before that, which
this patch from Andy reverts back to?

- Marijn