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Re: [PATCH]: grub: Kill fixed device name length from make_device_name()
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David Miller |
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Re: [PATCH]: grub: Kill fixed device name length from make_device_name(). |
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Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:02:14 -0700 (PDT) |
From: David Miller <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:53:04 -0700 (PDT)
> make_device_name() uses an arbitrary value for the device name
> length, putting an arbitrary limit on such strings.
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> We can do better by calculating the length of this string precisely.
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> 2009-04-12 David S. Miller <address@hidden>
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> * util/hostdisk.c (make_device_name): Do not make any assumptions
> about the length of drive names.
This patch seems straightforward and no objections have been
raised, so I've commited the change.