Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:02:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:02:50 -0500 Received: from cmailm1.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.193.18]:24584 "EHLO cmailm1.svr.pol.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:02:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:11:57 +0000 To: Linus Torvalds , Linux Mailing List Subject: [PATCH 6/8] dm: allow slashes in dm device names Message-ID: <20030226171157.GF8369@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> References: <20030226170537.GA8289@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030226170537.GA8289@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Joe Thornber Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 21 Allow slashes ('/') within a DM device name, but not at the beginning. Devfs will automatically create all necessary sub-directories if a name with embedded slashes is registered. [Kevin Corry] --- diff/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2003-02-26 16:09:57.000000000 +0000 +++ source/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2003-02-26 16:10:07.000000000 +0000 @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static int check_name(const char *name) { - if (strchr(name, '/')) { + if (name[0] == '/') { DMWARN("invalid device name"); return -EINVAL; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/