Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: cb_pcidas: replace slash in name

From: Ian Abbott
Date: Mon Mar 15 2021 - 06:51:56 EST


On 14/03/2021 04:02, Tong Zhang wrote:
> request_irq() wont accept a name which contains slash so we need to
> repalce it with something else -- otherwise it will trigger a warning
> and the entry in /proc/irq/ will not be created
>
> [ 1.630764] name 'pci-das1602/16'
> [ 1.630950] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 181 at fs/proc/generic.c:180 __xlate_proc_name+0x93/0xb0
> [ 1.634009] RIP: 0010:__xlate_proc_name+0x93/0xb0
> [ 1.639441] Call Trace:
> [ 1.639976] proc_mkdir+0x18/0x20
> [ 1.641946] request_threaded_irq+0xfe/0x160
> [ 1.642186] cb_pcidas_auto_attach+0xf4/0x610 [cb_pcidas]
>
> Signed-off-by: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/cb_pcidas.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/cb_pcidas.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/cb_pcidas.c
> index d740c4782775..df0960d41cff 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/cb_pcidas.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/cb_pcidas.c
> @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct cb_pcidas_board {
>
> static const struct cb_pcidas_board cb_pcidas_boards[] = {
> [BOARD_PCIDAS1602_16] = {
> - .name = "pci-das1602/16",
> + .name = "pci-das1602-16",
> .ai_speed = 5000,
> .ao_scan_speed = 10000,
> .fifo_size = 512,
> @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static const struct cb_pcidas_board cb_pcidas_boards[] = {
> .has_ao = 1,
> },
> [BOARD_PCIDAS1602_12] = {
> - .name = "pci-das1602/12",
> + .name = "pci-das1602-12",
> .ai_speed = 3200,
> .ao_scan_speed = 4000,
> .fifo_size = 1024,
> @@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ static const struct cb_pcidas_board cb_pcidas_boards[] = {
> .is_1602 = 1,
> },
> [BOARD_PCIDAS1200_JR] = {
> - .name = "pci-das1200/jr",
> + .name = "pci-das1200-jr",
> .ai_speed = 3200,
> .fifo_size = 1024,
> },
> [BOARD_PCIDAS1602_16_JR] = {
> - .name = "pci-das1602/16/jr",
> + .name = "pci-das1602-16-jr",
> .ai_speed = 5000,
> .fifo_size = 512,
> .is_16bit = 1,
>

As for cb_pcidas64, the board name may be used by user-space
applications, so this may break those applications.

I suggest passing the comedi driver name "cb_pcidas" to request_irq()
for now. (It can also be reached via dev->driver->driver_name .)

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