RE: [PATCH 1/6] RDMA: Fully setup the device name in ib_register_device

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>Subject: [PATCH 1/6] RDMA: Fully setup the device name in ib_register_device
>
>From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>The current code has two copies of the device name, ibdev->dev and
>dev_name(&ibdev->dev), and they are setup at different times, which is very
>confusing.
>
>Set them both up at the same time and make dev_name() the lead name, which
>is the proper use of the driver core APIs. To make it very clear that the name is
>not valid until registration pass it in to the
>ib_register_device() call rather than messing with ibdev->name directly.
>
>Also the reorganization now checks that dev_name is unique even if it does not
>contain a %.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c     |  3 +-

Reviewed-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>



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