linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: fix autoloading due to broken modalias with no 'compatible'

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Date:	Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:14:02 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: fix autoloading due to broken modalias with no
 'compatible'

On Mon, 2016-06-06 at 18:48 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Because of an improper dereference, a stray 'C' character was output to
> the modalias when no 'compatible' was specified. This is the case for
> some old PowerMac drivers which only set the 'name' property. Fix it to
> let them match again.
> 
> Reported-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
> Tested-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
> Cc: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
> Fixes: 6543becf26fff6 ("mod/file2alias: make modalias generation safe for cross compiling")
> ---
> 
> I think it makes sense if this goes in via ppc (with stable tag added).
> D'accord?

Sure, I've grabbed it.

I added:

    Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v3.9+

cheers