linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kobject: remove unused KOBJ

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Message-ID: <20200715153216.GB749262@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:32:16 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Garrit Franke <garritfranke@...il.com>
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kobject: remove unused KOBJ_MAX action

On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 05:11:16PM +0200, Garrit Franke wrote:
> The loop in lib/kobject_uevent.c that checked for KOBJ_MAX is no longer present, we do
> a much more sane ARRAY_SIZE() check instead (see 5c5daf657cb5).

Odd line wrapping :(

When you specify a git commit, use the format as documented in the
submitting patches file:
	5c5daf657cb5 ("Driver core: exclude kobject_uevent.c for !CONFIG_HOTPLUG")

> Therefore, the KOBJ_MAX is not used anymore.

That sentence does not make much sense :(

thanks,

greg k-h