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Subject: Re: powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge
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On Thu, 2015-10-12 at 07:30:02 UTC, xinhui wrote:
> From: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> When we merge two contiguous partitions whose signatures are marked
> NVRAM_SIG_FREE, We need update prev's length and checksum, then write it
> to nvram, not cur's. So lets fix this mistake now.
> 
> Also use memset instead of strncpy to set the partition's name. It's
> more readable if we want to fill up with duplicate chars .
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/11b7e154b132232535befe51c5

cheers