On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 11:45:20AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 11:46:28PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote: > > In a subsequent patch we introduce the `Registration` abstraction used > > to register driver structures. Some subsystems require the module name on > > driver registration (e.g. PCI in __pci_register_driver()), hence pass > > the module name to `Module::init`. > > Nit, we don't need the NAME of the PCI driver (well, we do like it, but > that's not the real thing), we want the pointer to the module structure > in the register_driver call. > > Does this provide for that? I'm thinking it does, but it's not the > "name" that is the issue here. Wait, no, you really do want the name, don't you. You refer to "module.0" to get the module structure pointer (if I'm reading the code right), but as you have that pointer already, why can't you just use module->name there as well as you have a pointer to a valid module structure that has the name already embedded in it. still confused, greg k-h
