linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove "decl_subsys_name" macro and single usage of it.

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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:25:03 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove "decl_subsys_name" macro and single usage of it.

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:09:59PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   Remove the macro "decl_subsys_name" which can be used to declare a
> sysfs subsystem, along with the single invocation of it in the source
> tree, since there appears to be little value in creating a subsystem
> whose subsystem name differs from its structure name.  Everyone else
> just uses "decl_subsys".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>
> 
> @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  module_param(debug, bool, 0644);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debugging mode enabled or not");
> 
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_hotplug_slots_subsys);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(slots_subsys);

No, don't polute the namespace incorrectly here.  We really want the
variable to still have the "pci_hotplug_" prefix if at all possible.

thanks,

greg k-h

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