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

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:43:04 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] devlink: add format requirement for devlink
 param names

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 06:07:26PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> Currently, the name format is not required by the code, however it is
> required during patch review. All params added until now are in-lined
> with the following format:
> 1) lowercase characters, digits and underscored are allowed
> 2) underscore is neither at the beginning nor at the end and
>    there is no more than one in a row.
> 
> Add checker to the code to require this format from drivers and warn if
> they don't follow.

Hi Jiri

Could you add a reference to where these requirements are derived
from. What can go wrong if they are ignored? I assume it is something
to do with sysfs?

      Andrew