Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:12:26 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision |
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 08:01:24PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote: > Hi, > > Am 2021-01-10 18:54, schrieb Saravana Kannan: > > The device link device's name was of the form: > > <supplier-dev-name>--<consumer-dev-name> > > > > This can cause name collision as reported here [1] as device names are > > not globally unique. Since device names have to be unique within the > > bus/class, add the bus/class name as a prefix to the device names used > > to > > construct the device link device name. > > > > So the devuce link device's name will be of the form: > > <supplier-bus-name>:<supplier-dev-name>--<consumer-bus-name>:<consumer-dev-name> > > > > [1] - > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201229033440.32142-1-michael@walle.cc/ > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > Fixes: 287905e68dd2 ("driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs") > > Reported-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> > > Tested-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> > > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com> > > --- > > Greg, any news here?
Burried in other patches...
I'll go pick this up now, sorry for the delay.
greg k-h
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