linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/62] Driver-Core: require valid action string in uevent trigger

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Date:	Tue,  2 Mar 2010 15:28:20 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 21/62] Driver-Core: require valid action string in uevent trigger

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

No longer fall back to "add" and warn, but always require a valid
action-string written to the "uevent" file.

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/base/core.c |   11 +++--------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 2820257..e1d6cb4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -306,15 +306,10 @@ static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	enum kobject_action action;
 
-	if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0) {
+	if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0)
 		kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, action);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	dev_err(dev, "uevent: unsupported action-string; this will "
-		     "be ignored in a future kernel version\n");
-	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-out:
+	else
+		dev_err(dev, "uevent: unknown action-string\n");
 	return count;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.0.1

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