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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:55:01 -0300
From: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>
To: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
Cc: linux-modules <linux-modules@...r.kernel.org>,
lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] depmod: warn on invalid devname specification
Hi Tom,
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no> wrote:
> During the last merge window (3.12) a couple of modules gained devname
> aliases, but without the necessary major and minor information. These were
> then silently ignored when generating modules.devname.
>
> Complain loudly to avoid such errors sneaking in undetected in the future:
>
> depmod: ERROR: Module 'zram' has devname (zram) but lacks major and minor information. Ignoring.
> depmod: ERROR: Module 'uhid' has devname (uhid) but lacks major and minor information. Ignoring.
>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
> ---
> tools/depmod.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/depmod.c b/tools/depmod.c
> index 985cf3a..5855b2a 100644
> --- a/tools/depmod.c
> +++ b/tools/depmod.c
> @@ -2120,11 +2120,18 @@ static int output_devname(struct depmod *depmod, FILE *out)
> minor = min;
> }
>
> - if (type != '\0' && devname != NULL) {
> + if (type != '\0' && devname != NULL)
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (devname != NULL) {
> + if (type != '\0')
> fprintf(out, "%s %s %c%u:%u\n", mod->modname,
> devname, type, major, minor);
> - break;
> - }
> + else
> + ERR("Module '%s' has devname (%s) but "
> + "lacks major and minor information. "
> + "Ignoring.\n", mod->modname, devname);
> }
> }
>
> --
Patch has been applied. Thanks.
Lucas De Marchi
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