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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] restrict class names to valid file names
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:05:14 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040113000514.GA4848@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040112151357.5c9702b7.shemminger@osdl.org>

On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 03:13:57PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> It is possible to name network devices with names like "my/bogus" or "." or ".."
> which leaves /sys/class/net/ a mess.  Since other subsystems could have the same
> problem, it made sense to me to enforce some restrictions in the class device
> layer.
> 
> A lateer patch fixes the network device registration path because the
> sysfs registration takes place after the register_netdevice call has taken place.

Heh, so you will have already "scrubbed" the name before you submit it
to the driver core?  If so, why add this patch?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-13  0:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-12 23:13 [PATCH] restrict class names to valid file names Stephen Hemminger
2004-01-13  0:05 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-01-13  0:13   ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-01-13  0:18     ` Greg KH

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