[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] drivers: prefix driver REGISTER macro with RTE PMD

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-10-09 15:12, Shreyansh Jain:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > 2016-10-08 23:35, Shreyansh Jain:
> > > +PMDINFO_TO_O = if grep -E 'RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI\([0-9a-zA-Z,_\.
> > ]+\)|RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV\([0-9a-zA-Z,_\. ]+\)' $<;\
> > > +       then \
> > 
> > I don't understand why you don't simply grep 'RTE_PMD_REGISTER_.*(' ?
> 
> Because I want to make sure that the grep matches only the DRIVER registration functions.
> In case a new macro (or driver type) is added in future, this macro can be updated. This way we can reduce the probability of a faulty match.
> 
> Is there a problem with closest possible match?

It is just long and useless. A macro starting with RTE_PMD_REGISTER_ must
be called from a PMD. What else?