| Message ID | 20230925144842.586829-10-michal.wilczynski@intel.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Replace acpi_driver with platform_driver | expand |
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 05:48:42PM +0300, Michal Wilczynski wrote: > Driver name is part of the ABI, so it should be hard-coded, as ABI > should be always kept backward compatible. Prevent ABI from changing > accidentally in case KBUILD_MODNAME change. This is up to maintainers, probably we won't have any users outside of existing model (instantiating via ACPI ID). All the above is "strictly speaking"...
Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 05:48:42PM +0300, Michal Wilczynski wrote: > > Driver name is part of the ABI, so it should be hard-coded, as ABI > > should be always kept backward compatible. Prevent ABI from changing > > accidentally in case KBUILD_MODNAME change. > > This is up to maintainers, probably we won't have any users outside of existing > model (instantiating via ACPI ID). All the above is "strictly speaking"... ...right, more than 8 years for this "risk" to materialize indicates it's a non-issue to me.
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c index f09530d2520a..987eb5567036 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c @@ -3478,7 +3478,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, acpi_nfit_ids); static struct platform_driver acpi_nfit_driver = { .probe = acpi_nfit_probe, .driver = { - .name = KBUILD_MODNAME, + .name = "nfit", .acpi_match_table = acpi_nfit_ids, }, };
Driver name is part of the ABI, so it should be hard-coded, as ABI should be always kept backward compatible. Prevent ABI from changing accidentally in case KBUILD_MODNAME change. Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Wilczynski <michal.wilczynski@intel.com> --- drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)