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

From: LABBE Corentin
Date: Wed Aug 24 2016 - 09:52:03 EST


On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 06:58:11PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 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.
>

amd is really really too generic.

But if you still NACK that (and I understand perfectly why), I will update my series.

Regards