Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions

From: jschopp
Date: Wed Aug 29 2007 - 14:33:42 EST


+ len = strlen(dn->full_name + 1);
+ bus_len = min(len, BUS_ID_SIZE - 1);
+ memcpy(dev->ofdev.dev.bus_id, dn->full_name + 1
+ + (len - bus_len), bus_len);
+ for (i = 0; i < bus_len; i++)
+ if (dev->ofdev.dev.bus_id[i] == '/')
+ dev->ofdev.dev.bus_id[i] = '_';
/* Register with generic device framework. */
if (ibmebus_register_device_common(dev, dn->name) != 0) {

What happens when the full name is > 31 characters? It looks to me that it will be truncated, which takes away the uniqueness guarantee.

There must be an individual property that is guaranteed to be unique and less than 32 characters. How about "ibm,my-drc-index"? That looks like a good candidate.
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