Re: [PATCH] USB: gadget: Fix the function name error in sourcesink/loopback.

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 03:27:04PM +0800, chengdong zhou wrote:
> Thank you for your patient response.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 2:23 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Please document this in the changelog text.
> 
> But I can't find the changelog text anywhere.

That is what you are writing here for the commit.  Please read the
kernel documentation for how to submit a patch, it will explain this.

> > But you changed the name:
> >
> > > > > -     ss->function.name = "source/sink";
> > > > > +     ss->function.name = "sourcesink";
> >
> > isn't that visable to userspace?
> 
> Yes, I removed the "/". Because the macro definition
> DECLARE_USB_FUNCTION_INIT does not support "/".
> Should I stick with the original "SourceSink"? I think using the
> Linux-style "sourcesink" is better. By the way, due to the current
> bug, no one should be able to use "source/sink" in userspace.

But doesn't the '/' mean that you have a subdirectory here?  What did
userspace look like before this, and what does it look like now?

thanks,

greg k-h