linux-kernel - Re: [patch net-next 1/2] tracing: change owner name to driver name for devlink hwmsg tracepoint

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Message-Id: <20160714.221619.2079546102188512585.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2016 22:16:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, rdunlap@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com,
	yotamg@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com,
	ogerlitz@...lanox.com, ivecera@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, jolsa@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 1/2] tracing: change owner name to driver name
 for devlink hwmsg tracepoint

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:37:28 +0200

> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> Turned on that driver->owner which is struct module is not available when
> modules are disabled. Better to depend on a driver name which is
> always available.
> 
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Fixes: e5224f0fe2 ("devlink: add hardware messages tracing facility")
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

Applied.