From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755192Ab1AKAXz (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:23:55 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:45165 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755013Ab1AKAXc (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:23:32 -0500 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Michael Ellerman , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 4/4] driver core: Document that device_rename() is only for networking Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:23:25 -0800 Message-Id: <1294705405-31471-4-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.3.2 In-Reply-To: <20110110234825.GA30018@kroah.com> References: <20110110234825.GA30018@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Michael Ellerman Document that device_rename() is not to be used by anything other than the network core. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/core.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 46ff6c2..610d967 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -1513,6 +1513,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy); * exclusion between two different calls of device_rename * on the same device to ensure that new_name is valid and * won't conflict with other devices. + * + * "Never use this function, bad things will happen" - gregkh */ int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name) { -- 1.7.3.2