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

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Message-ID: <93bebc7e-3a47-55f9-f48c-a4c1de6d62bc@windriver.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Dec 2019 10:28:56 +0800
From:   Jiping Ma <Jiping.Ma2@...driver.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, <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.



On 12/31/2019 10:22 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 12/30/19 6:16 PM, Jiping Ma wrote:
>>
>> On 12/31/2019 10:11 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> 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.
>> I use checkpatch.pl to check my patch, it show one warning, then I change * to **.   I will change it back to *.
> It should be more like:
>
> /* Use network device events to create/remove/rename
>   * debugfs file entries.
>   */
>
Got it.  Thanks.
>> WARNING: networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...
>> #23: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c:4042:
>> +/*
>> + * Use network device events to create/remove/rename
>>>> + * 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)
>>>> +{
>