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Date:	Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:33:29 +1000
From:	Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	YAMANE Toshiaki <yamanetoshi@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] staging: rts_pstor: reuse kbasename()

On 03/10/12 10:30, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> On 03/10/12 01:00, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> The custom filename function mostly repeats the kernel's kbasename. This patch
>> simplifies it. The updated filename() will not check for the '\' in the
>> filenames. It seems redundant in Linux.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>> Cc: YAMANE Toshiaki <yamanetoshi@...il.com>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/rts_pstor/trace.h |   16 +++-------------
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/trace.h b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/trace.h
>> index cf60a1b..59c5686 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/trace.h
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/trace.h
>> @@ -24,26 +24,16 @@
>>  #ifndef __REALTEK_RTSX_TRACE_H
>>  #define __REALTEK_RTSX_TRACE_H
>>  
>> +#include <linux/string.h>
>> +
>>  #define _MSG_TRACE
>>  
>>  #ifdef _MSG_TRACE
>>  static inline char *filename(char *path)
>>  {
>> -	char *ptr;
>> -
>>  	if (path == NULL)
>>  		return NULL;
>> -
>> -	ptr = path;
>> -
>> -	while (*ptr != '\0') {
>> -		if ((*ptr == '\\') || (*ptr == '/'))
>> -			path = ptr + 1;
> 
> The original version here returns the string after the last '/' or '\',
> the new kbasename function only looks for '/'. Does that matter here, or
> was the original code over eager?

Nevermind, I didn't read the changelog fully :-/.

~Ryan


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