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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: "Barnabás Pőcze" <pobrn@protonmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
	Mark Gross <markgross@kernel.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1] platform/x86: wmi: Do not register driver with invalid GUID
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:49:58 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZLUOxnE58wUgZXWx@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230715211604.1272227-1-pobrn@protonmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 09:24:16PM +0000, Barnabás Pőcze wrote:
> Since a WMI driver's ID table contains strings it is relatively
> easy to make mistakes. At the moment, there is no feedback
> if any of the specified GUIDs are invalid (since
> 028e6e204ace1f080cfeacd72c50397eb8ae8883).
> 
> So check if the GUIDs in the driver's ID table are valid,
> print all invalid ones, and refuse to register the driver
> if any of the GUIDs are invalid.

Besides using wrong API (uuid_*() vs. guid_*() one), I don't
think we need to validate it here. Why not in file2alias.c?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-17  9:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-15 21:24 [RFC PATCH v1] platform/x86: wmi: Do not register driver with invalid GUID Barnabás Pőcze
2023-07-17  9:49 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2023-07-17 11:23   ` Barnabás Pőcze
2023-07-17 11:31     ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-07-19 19:23       ` Barnabás Pőcze
2023-07-20  8:36         ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-07-20 10:42           ` Barnabás Pőcze
2023-07-21  9:17             ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-07-26  8:45 ` Hans de Goede
2023-07-27 22:54   ` Barnabás Pőcze
2023-07-28 10:02     ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-07-28 14:39       ` Barnabás Pőcze
2023-07-31 19:52         ` Andy Shevchenko

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