linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] tty: remove buf parameter from tty

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Date:	Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:57:30 +0200
From:	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jespern@...s.com>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-cris-kernel <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>,
	"linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] tty: remove buf parameter from tty_name()

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 03:55:59PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> tty_name no longer uses the buf parameter, so remove it along with all
> the 64 byte stack buffers that used to be passed in.
> 
> Mostly generated by the coccinelle script
> 
> @depends on patch@
> identifier buf;
> constant C;
> expression tty;
> @@
> - char buf[C];
>   <+...
> - tty_name(tty, buf)
> + tty_name(tty)
>   ...+>
> 
> allmodconfig compiles, so I'm fairly confident the stack buffers
> weren't used for other purposes as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>

For the CRISv10 driver:

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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