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Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

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On 04/28/2016 03:30 PM, Peter Meerwald-Stadler wrote:
> 
>>> It's clearly wrong. But the problem is there might be an application that
>>> depends on the wrong behavior, the driver has been around for 2.5 years. So
>>> it's difficult to fix. We might just go ahead in this case and take the
>>> chance that nobody will complain. But if somebody complains this will bring
>>> us the wrath of the Linus.
>>
>> Not if you put it into next, test it, then into a new release as early as
>> possible (for -rc1), clearly document that it's got a user visible change
>> that should not matter with instructions if anyone hits this as a
>> bisection for their app failing to email so you know and can revert it.
> 
> is this the only driver doing it wrong?
> 
> pmeerw@pmeerw:/var/git/linux/drivers/iio$ rgrep "indio_dev->name = dev_name" . 
> ./imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_core.c:		indio_dev->name = dev_name(dev);
> ./light/lm3533-als.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./dac/vf610_dac.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./dac/stx104.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(dev);
> ./dac/lpc18xx_dac.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/mcp3422.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/vf610_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/ti_am335x_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/nau7802.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./adc/da9150-gpadc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(dev);
> ./adc/lpc18xx_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/rockchip_saradc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/imx7d_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/cc10001_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/berlin2-adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./adc/exynos_adc.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> ./temperature/tmp006.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./chemical/ams-iaq-core.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./chemical/vz89x.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./humidity/si7005.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./humidity/hdc100x.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);
> ./humidity/si7020.c:	indio_dev->name = dev_name(&client->dev);

Yes, they are all wrong. Mostly of it is just copy'n'paste. We need to be
more careful to catch these in the future.

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[PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 05:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-04-25 21:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Crestez Dan Leonard <cdleonard@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 23:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-04-25 23:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-26 13:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 13:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-26 14:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 15:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 17:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 05:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Crestez Dan Leonard <leonard.crestez@intel.com> - 2016-04-27 19:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-28 10:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-04-28 15:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net> - 2016-04-28 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-28 16:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-05-01 23:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-28 16:50 +0200

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