linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 9/9] ACPI: NFIT: Don't use KBUILD

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Message-ID: <6511b140c87aa_acca294d8@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:11:44 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
        Michal Wilczynski <michal.wilczynski@...el.com>
CC:     <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev>, <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        <lenb@...nel.org>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 9/9] ACPI: NFIT: Don't use KBUILD_MODNAME for driver
 name

Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 05:48:42PM +0300, Michal Wilczynski wrote:
> > Driver name is part of the ABI, so it should be hard-coded, as ABI
> > should be always kept backward compatible. Prevent ABI from changing
> > accidentally in case KBUILD_MODNAME change.
> 
> This is up to maintainers, probably we won't have any users outside of existing
> model (instantiating via ACPI ID). All the above is "strictly speaking"...

...right, more than 8 years for this "risk" to materialize indicates
it's a non-issue to me.