linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix powerpc vio_find_name to not use devices

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:36:06 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix powerpc vio_find_name to not use devices_subsys

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 11:45:30AM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> This fixes vio_find_name() in arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c, which is
> currently broken because it tries to use devices_subsys.  That is bad
> for two reasons: (1) it's doing (or trying to do) a scan of all
> devices when it should only be scanning those on the vio bus, and
> (2) devices_subsys was an internal symbol of the device system code
> which was never meant for external use and has now gone away, and
> thus the kernel fails to compile on pSeries.
> 
> The new version uses bus_find_device() on the vio bus (vio_bus_type).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> ---
> Greg, do you want to send this to Linus or will I do that?  Or do you
> have a better version? :)

I'll send it to him, with a minor change (I'm going to make this a core
function, as others also use the same functionality, no need for
everyone to re-invent the wheel all the time.

I also have some other patches to send him to fix up the fall-out of
these driver core changes :)

thanks,

greg k-h
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/