linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] efi: pstore: Follow convention for the efi-pstore backend name

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Date:   Thu, 6 Oct 2022 16:16:47 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-dev@...lia.com, kernel@...ccoli.net, anton@...msg.org,
        ccross@...roid.com, tony.luck@...el.com, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] efi: pstore: Follow convention for the efi-pstore
 backend name

On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 07:42:11PM -0300, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
> For some reason, the efi-pstore backend name (exposed through the
> pstore infrastructure) is hardcoded as "efi", whereas all the other
> backends follow a kind of convention in using the module name.
> 
> Let's do it here as well, to make user's life easier (they might
> use this info for unloading the module backend, for example).
> 
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@...lia.com>

Looks fine to me. Ard, if you don't object, I can carry this in the
pstore tree.

-- 
Kees Cook