linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: hv: storvsc: Show the modulename in /sys/class/scsi_host/*/proc

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Date:	Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:24:56 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: hv: storvsc: Show the modulename in
 /sys/class/scsi_host/*/proc_name

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 10:45:23AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:26:50PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> 
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
> > > @@ -1333,7 +1333,8 @@ static DEF_SCSI_QCMD(storvsc_queuecomman
> > >  /* Scsi driver */
> > >  static struct scsi_host_template scsi_driver = {
> > >  	.module	=		THIS_MODULE,
> > > -	.name =			"storvsc_host_t",
> > > +	.name =			"hv_storvsc",
> > > +	.proc_name =		"hv_storvsc",
> > 
> > Shouldn't this be MODULE_NAME so it handles any potential name change in
> > the future and makes it a bit more obvious as to what is going on here?
> 
> MODULE_NAME is just another define and appearently not used to assemble
> a kernel module. Is DRV_NAME depreciated?

Sorry, I should have said KBUILD_MODNAME, that will give you what you
want here.

greg k-h
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