The patch titled Subject: sysctl: use generic UUID library has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: sysctl: use generic UUID library UUID library provides uuid_be type and uuid_be_to_bin() function. This substitutes open coded variant by generic library calls. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 20 ++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/sysctl_binary.c~sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library kernel/sysctl_binary.c --- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c~sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library +++ a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include <linux/ctype.h> #include <linux/netdevice.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/uuid.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/compat.h> @@ -1117,9 +1118,8 @@ static ssize_t bin_uuid(struct file *fil /* Only supports reads */ if (oldval && oldlen) { - char buf[40], *str = buf; - unsigned char uuid[16]; - int i; + char buf[UUID_STRING_LEN + 1]; + uuid_be uuid; result = kernel_read(file, 0, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1); if (result < 0) @@ -1128,21 +1128,13 @@ static ssize_t bin_uuid(struct file *fil buf[result] = '\0'; /* Convert the uuid to from a string to binary */ - for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) { - if (!isxdigit(str[0]) || !isxdigit(str[1])) - return -EIO; - - uuid[i] = (hex_to_bin(str[0]) << 4) | - hex_to_bin(str[1]); - str += 2; - if (*str == '-') - str++; - } + if (uuid_be_to_bin(buf, &uuid)) + return -EIO; if (oldlen > 16) oldlen = 16; - if (copy_to_user(oldval, uuid, oldlen)) + if (copy_to_user(oldval, &uuid, oldlen)) return -EFAULT; copied = oldlen; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are lib-vsprintf-simplify-uuid-printing.patch lib-uuid-move-generate_random_uuid-to-uuidc.patch lib-uuid-introduce-few-more-generic-helpers-for-uuid.patch lib-uuid-remove-fsf-address.patch sysctl-drop-away-useless-label.patch sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library.patch efi-redefine-type-constant-macro-from-generic-code.patch efivars-use-generic-uuid-library.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html