Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] thermal/drivers/core: Use a char pointer for the cooling device name

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 14/03/2021 13:47, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 12:13:29PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> We want to have any kind of name for the cooling devices as we do no
>> longer want to rely on auto-numbering. Let's replace the cooling
>> device's fixed array by a char pointer to be allocated dynamically
>> when registering the cooling device, so we don't limit the length of
>> the name.
>>
>> Rework the error path at the same time as we have to rollback the
>> allocations in case of error.
>>
>> Tested with a dummy device having the name:
>>  "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"
>>
>> A village on the island of Anglesey (Wales), known to have the longest
>> name in Europe.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks !


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