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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-03-01 11:02:26 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-03-01 11:02:26 +0300
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Merge branch 'linus' into WIP.x86/boot, to fix up conflicts and to pick up updates
Conflicts: arch/x86/xen/setup.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ the call to devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups or
hwmon_device_register_with_info and if the automatic (device managed)
removal would be too late.
+All supported hwmon device registration functions only accept valid device
+names. Device names including invalid characters (whitespace, '*', or '-')
+will be rejected. The 'name' parameter is mandatory.
+
Using devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info()
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