Re: [PATCH 04/28] nvmem: provide nvmem_device_name()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Aug 08 2018 - 13:42:49 EST


On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:31 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Kernel users don't have any means of checking the names of nvmem
> devices. Add a routine that returns the name of the nvmem provider.
>
> This will be useful for nvmem notifier subscribers - otherwise they
> can't check what device is being added/removed.

> +const char *nvmem_device_name(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
> +{
> + return dev_name(&nvmem->dev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_device_name);

Just wondering if *_dev_name() is more common pattern in the kernel
(at least pci_dev_name() comes immediately to mind).


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko