linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Simplify 'dsa_tag_protocol_to

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Date:   Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:44:24 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     vivien.didelot@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Simplify 'dsa_tag_protocol_to_str()'

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 10:53:09AM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> There is no point in preparing the module name in a buffer. The format
> string can be passed diectly to 'request_module()'.
> 
> This axes a few lines of code and cleans a few things:
>    - max len for a driver name is MODULE_NAME_LEN wich is ~ 60 chars,
>      not 128. It would be down-sized in 'request_module()'
>    - we should pass the total size of the buffer to 'snprintf()', not the
>      size minus 1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew