The patch titled
Subject: kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use generic UUID library
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/sysctl_binary.c: 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>
Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 23 +++++++----------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 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)
@@ -1127,24 +1127,15 @@ 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++) {
- result = -EIO;
- if (!isxdigit(str[0]) || !isxdigit(str[1]))
- goto out;
-
- uuid[i] = (hex_to_bin(str[0]) << 4) |
- hex_to_bin(str[1]);
- str += 2;
- if (*str == '-')
- str++;
- }
+ result = -EIO;
+ if (uuid_be_to_bin(buf, &uuid))
+ goto out;
if (oldlen > 16)
oldlen = 16;
result = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_to_user(oldval, uuid, oldlen))
+ if (copy_to_user(oldval, &uuid, oldlen))
goto out;
copied = oldlen;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
efi-redefine-type-constant-macro-from-generic-code.patch
efivars-use-generic-uuid-library.patch
genhd-move-to-use-generic-uuid-library.patch
ldm-use-generic-uuid-library.patch
wmi-use-generic-uuid-library.patch
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