linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: 8250_core: Use dev_name() during request

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 20:07:24 +0530
From:   Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: 8250_core: Use dev_name() during
 request_irq()

Hi,

On Wednesday 08 March 2017 06:04 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 05:49:43PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>> Passing "serial" as name during request_irq() results in all serial port
>> irqs have same name. This does not help much to easily identify which
>> irq belongs to which serial port instance. Therefore pass dev_name()
>> during request_irq() so that better identifiable name is listed for
>> serial ports in cat /proc/interrupts output.
>>
>> Output of cat /proc/interrupts
>> Before this patch:
>>  26:        689          0     GICv2 309 Edge      serial
>> After this patch:
>>  26:        696          0     GICv2 309 Edge      2530c00.serial
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
> 
> I need a "full" name here, unless you really do sign legal documents
> with just one letter as a last/sur-name?
> 

Its perfectly alright not to expand surname here in India. FWIW, my ID
cards also have the same name.
I have been contributing to the kernel with above Signed-off-by line in
the past and would want to continue to use the same.

-- 
Regards
Vignesh