linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpiolib: Discourage to use formatting strings in line names

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Date: Tue,  7 May 2024 09:43:49 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpiolib: Discourage to use formatting strings in line names

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>


On Sun, 05 May 2024 17:14:20 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Currently the documentation for line names allows to use %u inside
> the alternative name. This is broken in character device approach
> from day 1 and being in use solely in sysfs.
> 
> Character device interface has a line number as a part of its address,
> so the users better rely on it. Hence remove the misleading documentation.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] gpiolib: Discourage to use formatting strings in line names
      commit: 2b5ae9c7d9e5ef4bc52c932fdf10328feb5167c6

Best regards,
-- 
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>