linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] skge: Rename LED_OFF and LED_ON in marvel skge driver to avoid conflicts with leds namespace

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Message-ID: <20161011212938.GA24636@zach-desktop>
Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:29:39 -0500
From:   Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:     <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <mlindner@...vell.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>, <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
        <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>, <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] skge: Rename LED_OFF and LED_ON in marvel skge
 driver to avoid conflicts with leds namespace

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 02:14:07PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:26:18 -0500
> Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com> wrote:
>
> > Adding led support for phy causes namespace conflicts for some
> > phy drivers.
> >
> > The marvel skge driver declared an enum for representing the states of
> > Link LED Register. The enum contained constant LED_OFF which conflicted
> > with declartation found in linux/leds.h.
> > LED_OFF changed to LED_REG_OFF
> > Also changed LED_ON to LED_REG_ON to avoid possible future conflict and
> > for consistency.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>
>
> Sure, that's fine but not sure why skge would be including linux/leds.h
> anyway.

It's pretty convoluted. Here's the chain of includes.
skge -> netdevice -> dsa -> phy -> phy_led_triggers -> leds