netdev - Re: [patch net-next] devlink: add format requirement for devlink param names

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:33:22 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, andrew@...n.ch, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] devlink: add format requirement for devlink
 param names

On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:07:26 +0200
Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:

> +static bool devlink_param_valid_name(const char *name)
> +{
> +	int len = strlen(name);
> +	int i;
> +
> +	/* Name can contain lowercase characters or digits.
> +	 * Underscores are also allowed, but not at the beginning
> +	 * or end of the name and not more than one in a row.
> +	 */
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {

Very minor stuff.
   1. since strlen technically returns size_t why not make both i and len type size_t
   2. no blank line after comment and before loop?