[PATCH] dmaengine: pl330: rename _start to prevent build error

Vinod Koul vkoul at kernel.org
Tue May 23 07:08:58 PDT 2023


On 22-05-23, 17:06, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> "_start" is used in several arches and proably should be reserved
> for ARCH usage. Using it in a driver for a private symbol can cause
> a build error when it conflicts with ARCH usage of the same symbol.
> 
> Therefore rename pl330's "_start" to "_start_thread" so that there
> is no conflict and no build error.

Why not rename to pl330_start or pl330_start_thread to ensure we will
might not conflict ever!

-- 
~Vinod



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