netdev - Re: [PATCH] stmmac: debugfs entry name is not be changed when udev rename device name.

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Date:   Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:11:24 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Jiping Ma <jiping.ma2@...driver.com>, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com
Cc:     joabreu@...opsys.com, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stmmac: debugfs entry name is not be changed when udev
 rename device name.

Hi,

On 12/30/19 6:03 PM, Jiping Ma wrote:
> Add one notifier for udev changes net device name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiping Ma <jiping.ma2@...driver.com>
> ---
>  .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> index b14f46a57154..c1c877bb4421 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> @@ -4038,6 +4038,40 @@ static int stmmac_dma_cap_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
>  }
>  DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(stmmac_dma_cap);
>  
> +/**

Just use /* here since this is not a kernel-doc comment.
/** is reserved for kernel-doc comments/notation.

> + * Use network device events to create/remove/rename
> + * debugfs file entries
> + */
> +static int stmmac_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
> +			       unsigned long event, void *ptr)
> +{


> @@ -4050,7 +4084,6 @@ static int stmmac_init_fs(struct net_device *dev)
>  
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
> -
>  	/* Entry to report DMA RX/TX rings */
>  	priv->dbgfs_rings_status =
>  		debugfs_create_file("descriptors_status", 0444,

I don't see a problem with the blank line.  Why remove it?


thanks.
-- 
~Randy