Re: [PATCH] efivarfs: loosen restriction on valid names

[Matt Fleming]

On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 16:06 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Commit da27a2438 (efivarfs: guid part of filenames are case-insensitive) fails to boot,
> because the kernel creates files in the form of dump-type-x-y-z-GUID. Since the kernel already
> created files in this form, these type of files obviously exist, so the right course of action
> is to relax the restriction in efivarfs_valid_name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [3.8]

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