linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] sparc: remove driver-core BUS_ID

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Message-Id: <1247438766-17266-3-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de>
Date:	Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] sparc: remove driver-core BUS_ID_SIZE

From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>

The name size limit is gone from the driver-core, the BUS_ID_SIZE
value will be removed.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
index 753d128..c28c714 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
@@ -224,7 +224,12 @@ static struct vio_dev *vio_create_one(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 mp,
 	if (!strcmp(type, "domain-services-port"))
 		bus_id_name = "ds";
 
-	if (strlen(bus_id_name) >= BUS_ID_SIZE - 4) {
+	/*
+	 * 20 char is the old driver-core name size limit, which is no more.
+	 * This check can probably be removed after review and possible
+	 * adaption of the vio users name length handling.
+	 */
+	if (strlen(bus_id_name) >= 20 - 4) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "VIO: bus_id_name [%s] is too long.\n",
 		       bus_id_name);
 		return NULL;
-- 
1.6.3.2

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