linux-kernel - Re: The use of KOBJ_NAME

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Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:22:13 +0800
From:	"Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
To:	"Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN

On Dec 4, 2007 4:20 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 03:53:15PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > On Dec 4, 2007 3:46 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:45:47PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Does the KOBJ_NAME_LEN really means the limit of kobject name length? seems
> > > > not . And if it's true, is the KOBJ_NAME_LEN of 20 enough to use?
> > >
> > > No, not anymore, the kobject name is totally dynamic.
> >
> > Eh, Why does this macro still exist? If KOBJ_NAME_LEN is really
> > needed, maybe it should be renamed to something else to avoid
> > misleading.
>
> Right now other .h files use it also.  It isn't hurting anything for
> now, and Kay has some patches he is working on to get rid of the static
> bus_id array, which will then let us get rid of that define entirely.
>

Good to know, thanks!

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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