linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] mdev: Make mdev alias unique among all mdevs

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Message-ID: <20190917120422.4d71e406.cohuck@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:04:22 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Cc:     alex.williamson@...hat.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, davem@...emloft.net, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] mdev: Make mdev alias unique among all mdevs

On Sun,  1 Sep 2019 23:24:33 -0500
Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com> wrote:

> Mdev alias should be unique among all the mdevs, so that when such alias
> is used by the mdev users to derive other objects, there is no
> collision in a given system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> 
> ---
> Changelog:
> v2->v3:
>  - Changed strcmp() ==0 to !strcmp()
> v1->v2:
>  - Moved alias NULL check at beginning
> v0->v1:
>  - Fixed inclusiong of alias for NULL check
>  - Added ratelimited debug print for sha1 hash collision error
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>