linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] phy: phy-samsung-usb2: Don't use same name for driver name and global structure

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:43:36 +0100
From:	Kamil Debski <k.debski@...sung.com>
To:	'Vivek Gautam' <gautamvivek1987@...il.com>,
	'Kishon Vijay Abraham I' <kishon@...com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	'Linux USB Mailing List' <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Vivek Gautam' <gautam.vivek@...sung.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] phy: phy-samsung-usb2: Don't use same name for driver name
 and global structure

Hi,

> From: Vivek Gautam [mailto:gautamvivek1987@...il.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 7:30 AM
> To: Kishon Vijay Abraham I; Kamil Debski
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Linux USB Mailing List; Vivek Gautam
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: phy-samsung-usb2: Don't use same name for
> driver name and global structure
> 
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Vivek Gautam <gautam.vivek@...sung.com>
> wrote:
> > Using the same driver name for platform driver and a globally defined,
> > structure used throughout the file, looks a bit unpleasing.
> > So changing the driver name from "samsung_usb2_phy_driver" to
> > "samsung_usb2_phy"
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Gautam <gautam.vivek@...sung.com>
> > Cc: Kamil Debski <k.debski@...sung.com>
> > Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
> > ---
> 
> Although just a trivial change, does it look valid ?

I can agree that the naming of this variable is a bit unfortunate.
Changing name of samsung_usb2_phy_driver to samsung_usb2_phy is, as
you said, a minor change and does not change how the driver works.

Acked-by: Kamil Debski <k.debski@...sung.com>

Best wishes,
-- 
Kamil Debski
Samsung R&D Institute Poland

> 
> >  drivers/phy/phy-samsung-usb2.c |    4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-samsung-usb2.c b/drivers/phy/phy-
> samsung-usb2.c
> > index 908949d..2934fb7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/phy/phy-samsung-usb2.c
> > +++ b/drivers/phy/phy-samsung-usb2.c
> > @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int samsung_usb2_phy_probe(struct
> platform_device *pdev)
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > -static struct platform_driver samsung_usb2_phy_driver = {
> > +static struct platform_driver samsung_usb2_phy = {
> >         .probe  = samsung_usb2_phy_probe,
> >         .driver = {
> >                 .of_match_table = samsung_usb2_phy_of_match,
> > @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static struct platform_driver
> samsung_usb2_phy_driver = {
> >         }
> >  };
> >
> > -module_platform_driver(samsung_usb2_phy_driver);
> > +module_platform_driver(samsung_usb2_phy);
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Samsung S5P/EXYNOS SoC USB PHY driver");
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Kamil Debski <k.debski@...sung.com>");
> >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > --
> > 1.7.10.4
> >
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> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards
> Vivek Gautam
> Samsung R&D Institute, Bangalore
> India

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