Re: [PATCH] leds: add led_trigger_rename function

From: Fabio Baltieri
Date: Sat Sep 15 2012 - 12:15:12 EST


Hi Kurt,

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 03:55:35PM +0200, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:
> >
> > This also implies that "name" in "struct led_trigger" is not const
> > anymore.
> IMHO, this is wrong. This forces all other led_triggers
> to put their name in non-const storage.

I had a second check on the patch and now I see your point.

> I see 2 options here:
> * let 'name' be a 'const char *', and do a typecast.
> This works as long as led_trigger_rename is called only on led_triggers
> with non-const 'name' storage.
> * put the storage of trigger name inside struct led_trigger conditionally
> (like can_dev does with their echo_skb), and when calling
> led_trigger_rename(), test if 'name' points to that storage.
>
> Maybe there are other possibilities.

Modifying other driver would involve some useless kstrdup on constant
strigs or another unsafe casting, so I prefer to cast here in that case.

I'll send a v2 with the first solution you proposed, but I don't see a
really clean implementation here.

Any better idea?

Fabio

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