Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] serial: core: Fix serial core controller port name to show controller id

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Jul 25 2023 - 05:07:16 EST


On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 08:42:12AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> We are missing the serial core controller id for the serial core port
> name. Let's fix the issue for sane sysfs output, and to avoid issues
> addressing serial ports later on.
>
> And as we're now showing the controller id, the "ctrl" and "port" prefix
> for the DEVNAME become useless, we can just drop them. Let's standardize on
> DEVNAME:0 for controller name, where 0 is the controller id. And
> DEVNAME:0.0 for port name, where 0.0 are the controller id and port id.
>
> This makes the sysfs output nicer, on qemu for example:
>
> $ ls /sys/bus/serial-base/devices
> 00:04:0 serial8250:0 serial8250:0.2
> 00:04:0.0 serial8250:0.1 serial8250:0.3

Hmm... Why 0.0 is absent for serial8250?
Btw, what was before this patch there?
And maybe ls -l will look more informative?

> Fixes: 84a9582fd203 ("serial: core: Start managing serial controllers to enable runtime PM")
> Reported-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Andy, I kept your Reviewed-by although I updated the device naming and
> description, does the patch still look OK to you?

Looks okay, but I have a question above.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko