linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] driver core: Document that device

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Date:	Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:23:25 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] driver core: Document that device_rename() is only for networking

From: Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>

Document that device_rename() is not to be used by anything
other than the network core.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/base/core.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 46ff6c2..610d967 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy);
  * exclusion between two different calls of device_rename
  * on the same device to ensure that new_name is valid and
  * won't conflict with other devices.
+ *
+ * "Never use this function, bad things will happen" - gregkh
  */
 int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name)
 {
-- 
1.7.3.2

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