On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 09:50:43AM +0200, Mariusz Tkaczyk wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:59:44 -0700 > Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What are "the latest POSIX changes"? > > > > > > This is mdadm change, it is not kernel. Yes, I've seen that. > I limited subset of supported symbols in > md device name to make it more portable and compatible with udev. So please state that. No matter if kernel or userspace meaningful commit messages are helpful. And I don't know any "POSIX changes" about "allowed characters". > > If you are interested, here are details: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/mdadm/mdadm.git/commit/?id=e2eb503bd797908f515b58428b274f1ba6a05349 That is a significant better commit log, and it would be helpful if this patch was as careful about wording and also referenced the above commit.