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DateMon, 10 Apr 2006 15:16:51 +1000
FromStephen Rothwell <>
Subject[PATCH] Fix block device symlink name
As noted further on the this file, some block devices have a / in their
name, so fix the "block:..." symlink name the same as the /sys/block name.

(code and comment copied from below)

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
---
 fs/partitions/check.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
This might also be a candidate for a stable kernel.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au

088ec2acec602096210801cfdc0e4732d81de10d
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index f924f45..2ef03aa 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static char *make_block_name(struct gend
 	char *name;
 	static char *block_str = "block:";
 	int size;
+	char *s;
 
 	size = strlen(block_str) + strlen(disk->disk_name) + 1;
 	name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -352,6 +353,10 @@ static char *make_block_name(struct gend
 		return NULL;
 	strcpy(name, block_str);
 	strcat(name, disk->disk_name);
+	/* ewww... some of these buggers have / in name... */
+	s = strchr(name, '/');
+	if (s)
+		*s = '!';
 	return name;
 }
 
-- 
1.2.4
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