linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: core: Fix serial_base_match() after fixing controller port name

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Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2023 09:56:34 +0300
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
        Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: core: Fix serial_base_match() after fixing
 controller port name

* Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org> [230803 05:13]:
> On 02. 08. 23, 13:48, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
> >    * Author: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
> >    */
> > +#define SERIAL_BASE_CTRL_NAME	"ctrl"
> > +#define SERIAL_BASE_PORT_NAME	"port"
> 
> Could you make those char[] instead? The compiler/linker will hopefully
> (will it?) de-dup the occurrences, but the arrays would look cleaner and
> safer from this POV.

Heh yeah so we already have that in serial_ctrl_type.name and
serial_port_type.name so let's just check against those for a
minimal fix.

Regards,

Tony