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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] driver core: Fix device link device name collision
Am 2021-01-09 23:45, 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>
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>

Tested-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>

Thanks!

-michael

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