linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] thermal/drivers/cpuidle_cooling: Use device name instead of auto-numbering

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Message-ID: <f18cdcc2-fcd0-3b87-d52d-19083d81d6cc@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:10:36 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        lukasz.luba@....com, Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@...il.com>,
        Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] thermal/drivers/cpuidle_cooling: Use device name
 instead of auto-numbering

On 15/03/2021 04:07, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 12-03-21, 18:03, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> Currently the naming of a cooling device is just a cooling technique
>> followed by a number. When there are multiple cooling devices using
>> the same technique, it is impossible to clearly identify the related
>> device as this one is just a number.
>>
>> For instance:
>>
>>  thermal-idle-0
>>  thermal-idle-1
>>  thermal-idle-2
>>  thermal-idle-3
>>  etc ...
>>
>> The 'thermal' prefix is redundant with the subsystem namespace. This
>> patch removes the 'thermal prefix and changes the number by the device
>> name. So the naming above becomes:
>>
>>  idle-cpu0
>>  idle-cpu1
>>  idle-cpu2
>>  idle-cpu3
>>  etc ...
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
> 
> I acked for both the patches :(

Right, I'll add you when merging the patches.

Thanks


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