Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] driver: platform: add and use helper for safer setting of driver_override

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On 23/02/2022 22:53, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 08:13:00PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Several core drivers and buses expect that driver_override is a
>> dynamically allocated memory thus later they can kfree() it.
>> ...
> 
>> + * set_driver_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
> 
> Doesn't match actual function name.

Good point. I wonder why build W=1 did not complain... I need to check.

> 
>> + * @dev: Device to change
>> + * @override: Address of string to change (e.g. &device->driver_override);
>> + *            The contents will be freed and hold newly allocated override.
>> + * @s: NULL terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
>> + *     string to clear it
>> + *
>> + * Helper to setr or clear driver override in a device, intended for the cases
>> + * when the driver_override field is allocated by driver/bus code.
> 
> s/setr/set/

Right. Thanks for checking.

> 
>> + * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
>> + */
>> +int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, char **override, const char *s)
>> +{


Best regards,
Krzysztof



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