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Why dev->init_name = NULL in device_add function ?
Hello All,
In function device_add of /drivers/base/core.c file, it is mentioned:
/*
* for statically allocated devices, which should all be converted
* some day, we need to initialize the name. We prevent reading back
* the name, and force the use of dev_name()
*/
if (dev->init_name) {
dev_set_name(dev, "%s", dev->init_name);
dev->init_name = NULL;
}
Except forcing the use of dev_name to read device name,
Is there any other reason to make init_name as NULL ?
And if it is not made NULL, is there any problem or side-effect ?
Thanks!
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