# Re: \[PATCH v4 4/8\] PCI: replace pci\_dev::driver usage that gets the driver name

- From: Simon Horman \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-09-28 10:01:50 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/09/1524295
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-pci/2021/09/1523494/t.md

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:43:22PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> From: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
> 
> struct pci_dev::driver holds (apart from a constant offset) the same
> data as struct pci_dev::dev->driver. With the goal to remove struct
> pci_dev::driver to get rid of data duplication replace getting the
> driver name by dev_driver_string() which implicitly makes use of struct
> pci_dev::dev->driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>

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> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c
> index 0685ece1f155..23dfb599c828 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ nfp_get_drvinfo(struct nfp_app *app, struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  {
>  	char nsp_version[ETHTOOL_FWVERS_LEN] = {};
>  
> -	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, pdev->driver->name, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
> +	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev), sizeof(drvinfo->driver));

I'd slightly prefer to maintain lines under 80 columns wide.
But not nearly strongly enough to engage in a long debate about it.

In any case, for the NFP portion of this patch.

Acked-by: Simon Horman <redacted>

>  	nfp_net_get_nspinfo(app, nsp_version);
>  	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
>  		 "%s %s %s %s", vnic_version, nsp_version,

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```