Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scsi: ses check name in enclosure_component_register | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:26:29 -0500 |
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On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 19:18 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: > dev_set_name will use sprintf to copy the name. > need to check if the name does valid. > > otherwise will error from device_add later.
I think what you mean to say is that empty names aren't allowed in the device model.
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c > index 3cf61ec..68743a9 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c > +++ b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c > @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ enclosure_component_register(struct enclosure_device *edev, > ecomp->number = number; > cdev = &ecomp->cdev; > cdev->parent = get_device(&edev->edev); > - if (name) > + if (name && name[0]) > dev_set_name(cdev, name);
Actually, I think this should become
dev_set_name(cdev, "%s", name);
as well, otherwise any name with a percent in it will get interpreted in ways we're not expecting at all.
James
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