Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] net: phy: leds: Fix truncated LED trigger names

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Jan 25 2017 - 07:51:31 EST


On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:39:50AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Commit 4567d686f5c6d955 ("phy: increase size of MII_BUS_ID_SIZE and
> bus_id") increased the size of MII bus IDs, but forgot to update the
> private definition in <linux/phy_led_triggers.h>.
> This may cause:
> 1. Truncation of LED trigger names,
> 2. Duplicate LED trigger names,
> 3. Failures registering LED triggers,
> 4. Crashes due to bad error handling in the LED trigger failure path.
>
> To fix this, and prevent the definitions going out of sync again in the
> future, let the PHY LED trigger code use the existing MII_BUS_ID_SIZE
> definition.
>
> Example:
> - Before I had triggers "ee700000.etherne:01:100Mbps" and
> "ee700000.etherne:01:10Mbps",
> - After the increase of MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, both became
> "ee700000.ethernet-ffffffff:01:" => FAIL,
> - Now, the triggers are "ee700000.ethernet-ffffffff:01:100Mbps" and
> "ee700000.ethernet-ffffffff:01:10Mbps", which are unique again.
>
> Fixes: 4567d686f5c6d955 ("phy: increase size of MII_BUS_ID_SIZE and bus_id")
> Fixes: 2e0bc452f4721520 ("net: phy: leds: add support for led triggers on phy link state change")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew