Re: [PATCH] Add the ":" to the allowed_symbols list to work with the latest POSIX changes

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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.





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