Re: [PATCH 01/20] drivers_base: platform: use always ->name for uevent

[Grant Likely]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Grant Likely wrote:
>>>
>>> --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
>>> @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, struct
>>> kobj_uevent_env *env)
>>>               return rc;
>>>
>>>       add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s", PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX,
>>> -               (pdev->id_entry) ? pdev->id_entry->name : pdev->name);
>>> +                       pdev->name);
>>
>> Yes, this looks like the right thing to do to me.  Also, I think the
>> original code is suspect because it causes the uevent data to be
>> different after binding a driver to a device.
>
> Why different? The code matches (pdev->name == id->name) or
> (pdev->name ==  driver->name) so in both cases it should be equal to
> pdev->name.
>
> Are you or Greg taking this?

This one is all Greg.

g.
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