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

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On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 03:51:22PM +0200, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> 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.

Well this would have been a good reason to change it before it
went into the kernel.

Cheers,
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