Re: [PATCH 2/8] console: factorise function to get the console by name

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On 13:24 Sun 06 Oct     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 09:21:54AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > rename it to console_get_by_name
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > +struct console_device *console_get_by_name(const char *cname)
> > +{
> > +	struct console_device *cdev;
> > +	const char *target;
> > +
> > +	for_each_console(cdev) {
> > +		target = dev_id(&cdev->class_dev);
> > +		if (strcmp(cname, target))
> > +			continue;
> > +		if ((cdev->f_active & (CONSOLE_STDIN | CONSOLE_STDOUT))
> > +			return cdev;
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	}
> > +	return NULL;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_get_by_name);
> 
> I think this function should return the console regardless of whether
> it's active or not. This makes the console_get_by_name_flags you
> introduce later unnecessary. Also the loadxyz code shouldn't care if
> it's activated but instead just activate the console if necessary.

agreed that's why I change this in patch 5
as now the loadxyz just check if the cdev support input and output
and not if active or not

but first I factorise it in this patch to do not 2 stuff at a time
I hate doing 2 stuff in the same patch impossible to bisect

Best Regards,
J.
> 
> Sascha
> 
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