Re: [PATCH] protect against buggy drivers

[Stephen Hemminger]

Here is a better fix (thanks Greg) that allows long names for character
device objects.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>

diff -Nru a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
--- a/fs/char_dev.c	2004-10-08 11:14:29 -07:00
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c	2004-10-08 11:14:29 -07:00
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
 
 	cdev->owner = fops->owner;
 	cdev->ops = fops;
-	strcpy(cdev->kobj.name, name);
-	for (s = strchr(cdev->kobj.name, '/'); s; s = strchr(s, '/'))
+	kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);
+	for (s = strchr(kobject_name(&cdev->kobj),'/'); s; s = strchr(s, '/'))
 		*s = '!';
 		
 	err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, 0), 256);


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