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Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev
From: Andrew Morton <akpm () linux-foundation ! org>
Date: 2009-05-01 19:26:25
Message-ID: 20090501122625.a60ccbbe.akpm () linux-foundation ! org
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On Fri, 1 May 2009 13:16:22 +0200
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 07:29, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> > dev->type->nodename() might have failed due to -ENOMEM, in which case
> > it seems wrong to assume that it returned NULL for <whatever reason you
> > thought it might want to return NULL>.
> >
> > It's all a bit confused.
>
> This logic is only for providing a custom name hint. Only a few
> devices need that at all. If the allocation fails, the default name
> will be used, not the custom name.
But that's bad, isn't it? It means that the kernel will come up with
one name if the memory allcoation succeeded, and a different name if
the allocation failed.
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