Re: [PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision

2021-01-21 Thread Michael Walle
Hi, Am 2021-01-10 18:54, schrieb Saravana Kannan: The device link device's name was of the form: -- This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are not globally unique. Since device names have to be unique within the bus/class, add the bus/class name as a prefix to the de

Re: [PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision

2021-01-21 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 08:01:24PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote: > Hi, > > Am 2021-01-10 18:54, schrieb Saravana Kannan: > > The device link device's name was of the form: > > -- > > > > This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are > > not globally unique. Since device nam

[PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision

2021-01-10 Thread Saravana Kannan
The device link device's name was of the form: -- This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are not globally unique. Since device names have to be unique within the bus/class, add the bus/class name as a prefix to the device names used to construct the device link device n

Re: [PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision

2021-01-10 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 02:45:06PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote: > The device link device's name was of the form: > -- > > This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are > not globally unique. Since device names have to be unique within the > bus/class, add the bus/class na

Re: [PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision

2021-01-09 Thread Michael Walle
Am 2021-01-09 23:45, schrieb Saravana Kannan: The device link device's name was of the form: -- This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are not globally unique. Since device names have to be unique within the bus/class, add the bus/class name as a prefix to the device

[PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision

2021-01-09 Thread Saravana Kannan
The device link device's name was of the form: -- This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are not globally unique. Since device names have to be unique within the bus/class, add the bus/class name as a prefix to the device names used to construct the device link device n