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Message-ID: <2024121112-gala-skincare-c85e@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:45:20 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/16] rust: pass module name to `Module::init`

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 11:46:28PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> In a subsequent patch we introduce the `Registration` abstraction used
> to register driver structures. Some subsystems require the module name on
> driver registration (e.g. PCI in __pci_register_driver()), hence pass
> the module name to `Module::init`.

Nit, we don't need the NAME of the PCI driver (well, we do like it, but
that's not the real thing), we want the pointer to the module structure
in the register_driver call.

Does this provide for that?  I'm thinking it does, but it's not the
"name" that is the issue here.

thanks,

greg k-h

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