linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efivarfs: loosen restriction on valid names

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Message-ID: <1362668955.15011.204.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:09:15 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
To:	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efivarfs: loosen restriction on valid names

On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 16:06 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Commit da27a2438 (efivarfs: guid part of filenames are case-insensitive) fails to boot,
> because the kernel creates files in the form of dump-type-x-y-z-GUID. Since the kernel already
> created files in this form, these type of files obviously exist, so the right course of action
> is to relax the restriction in efivarfs_valid_name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org [3.8]

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