linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: syscon: Set name of regmap

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Message-ID: <20180307105731.GB7290@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 10:57:31 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     JeffyChen <jeffy.chen@...k-chips.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: syscon: Set name of regmap_config

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 06:50:08PM +0800, JeffyChen wrote:

> so i sent this patch to fix that by using the of_node name to create
> debugfs.

> but later i found we have:
> commit a430ab205d29e7d1537b220fcf989b8080d8267f
> Author: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>
> Date:   Mon Mar 5 15:52:09 2018 -0300

>     regmap: debugfs: Disambiguate dummy debugfs file name

> which would fix that in another way by naming dummy0, dummy1, dummy2.

> even if the issue is fixed, i wonder could we still have this patch to make
> it more readable:

Yes, like I say I think that's a good idea anyway - that sort of usage
is the reason we've got the facility to set an explicit name.

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