From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932427AbbKCT50 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Nov 2015 14:57:26 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:38984 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932236AbbKCT5Z (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Nov 2015 14:57:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 20:57:24 +0100 (CET) From: Jiri Kosina X-X-Sender: jkosina@pobox.suse.cz To: Petr Mladek cc: Miroslav Benes , Chris J Arges , live-patching@vger.kernel.org, jeyu@redhat.com, Josh Poimboeuf , Seth Jennings , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: old_name.number scheme in livepatch sysfs directory In-Reply-To: <20151103124440.GK2599@pathway.suse.cz> Message-ID: References: <20151102203241.GF27488@treble.redhat.com> <1446505187-28970-1-git-send-email-chris.j.arges@canonical.com> <20151103124440.GK2599@pathway.suse.cz> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Petr Mladek wrote: > Also I would omit the suffix at all when it is the first occurrence. It > will cause that unique symbols will not be numbered. That'd mean that the names (including suffixes) are not stable, because a particular name that has originally been unique can later be made non-unique when module brings in a conflicting name. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Kosina Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: old_name.number scheme in livepatch sysfs directory Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 20:57:24 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <20151102203241.GF27488@treble.redhat.com> <1446505187-28970-1-git-send-email-chris.j.arges@canonical.com> <20151103124440.GK2599@pathway.suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20151103124440.GK2599-KsEp0d+Q8qECVLCxKZUutA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Petr Mladek Cc: Miroslav Benes , Chris J Arges , live-patching-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jeyu-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, Josh Poimboeuf , Seth Jennings , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Petr Mladek wrote: > Also I would omit the suffix at all when it is the first occurrence. It > will cause that unique symbols will not be numbered. That'd mean that the names (including suffixes) are not stable, because a particular name that has originally been unique can later be made non-unique when module brings in a conflicting name. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs