The patch titled Subject: console: fix console name size mismatch has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was console-fix-console-name-size-mismatch.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: console: fix console name size mismatch commit 6ae9200f2cab7 ("enlarge console.name") increased the storage for the console name to 16 bytes, but not the corresponding struct console_cmdline::name storage. Console names longer than 8 bytes cause read beyond end-of-string and failure to match console; I'm not sure if there are other unexpected consequences. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.22+] Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h | 2 +- kernel/printk/printk.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h~console-fix-console-name-size-mismatch kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h --- a/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h~console-fix-console-name-size-mismatch +++ a/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ struct console_cmdline { - char name[8]; /* Name of the driver */ + char name[16]; /* Name of the driver */ int index; /* Minor dev. to use */ char *options; /* Options for the driver */ #ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE diff -puN kernel/printk/printk.c~console-fix-console-name-size-mismatch kernel/printk/printk.c --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c~console-fix-console-name-size-mismatch +++ a/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -2464,6 +2464,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *ne for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0]; i++, c++) { + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(c->name) != sizeof(newcon->name)); if (strcmp(c->name, newcon->name) != 0) continue; if (newcon->index >= 0 && _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html