linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netlink: specs: binder: replace underscores with dashes in names

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Message-ID: <20250821073743.7bf0e0db@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:37:43 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Arve Hjønnevåg"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: specs: binder: replace underscores with dashes
 in names

On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:55:21 +0000 Carlos Llamas wrote:
> The usage of underscores is no longer allowed for the 'name' format in
> the yaml spec. Instead, dashes should be used. This fixes the build
> issue reported by Thorsten that showed up on linux-next.
> 
> Note this change has no impact on C code.

I guess the tree where the patches landed doesn't have last merge window
material? I thought the extra consistency checks went in for 6.17
already.. In any case, change makes sense:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>