Re: dm: Allow the use of escaped characters in str_field_delimit()

[Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>]

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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Mohammed Anees wrote:

> > It would seem Mohammed cared enough to write the patch, but not reply
> > to you with further clarification on why it needed...
> 
> I thought I had already replied to the concern, but it seems 
> the message didn’t get sent, apologies for that oversight!
> College academics kept me tied up, and I lost track of this,
> apologies once again.
> 
> > BUT, in this instance it follows that: if lvm2 is allowing weird names
> > which require escacped characters _and_ dm-init is used then dm-init
> > needs to support handling them (dm-init is all about _not_ using
> > normal initramfs with lvm2 in all its glory).
> 
> I completely agree with your point and am more than happy to 
> provide further details or make any additional updates to 
> the patch if needed, please let me know if anything else if needed. 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> Regards
> Mohammed Anees

Hi

I don't want to bloat the code with the logic that no one uses. I would 
only accept the patch if there were some real scenario where you need to 
use escaped characters in device names or table parameters.

Mikulas