linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma-fence: Correct return of dma_fence_driver

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Message-ID: <89812f66-25a6-4f9e-aa4f-74adbf116db8@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:12:55 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...lia.com>
Cc: phasta@...nel.org, Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
 Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
 Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-fence: Correct return of dma_fence_driver_name()

On 10/24/25 1:31 PM, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> Also, the short name can be reduced from a verbose starting point similar to yours:
> 
>  "unknown-driver-is-detached-from-the-signaled-fence"
>  "driver-detached-from-the-fence"
>  "driver-detached"
> 
> Or keep "detached-driver" as good enough. Mea culpa for typing it up transposed. :)

"detached-driver" is misleading, just because the fence is signaled it doesn't
mean that the driver is detached.