[patch 11/22] Fix block device symlink name

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-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Stephen Rothwell <[email protected]>

As noted further on the this file, some block devices have a / in their
name, so fix the "block:..." symlink name the same as the /sys/block name.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <[email protected]>
Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>


---
 fs/partitions/check.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- linux-2.6.16.5.orig/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ linux-2.6.16.5/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static char *make_block_name(struct gend
 	char *name;
 	static char *block_str = "block:";
 	int size;
+	char *s;
 
 	size = strlen(block_str) + strlen(disk->disk_name) + 1;
 	name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -352,6 +353,10 @@ static char *make_block_name(struct gend
 		return NULL;
 	strcpy(name, block_str);
 	strcat(name, disk->disk_name);
+	/* ewww... some of these buggers have / in name... */
+	s = strchr(name, '/');
+	if (s)
+		*s = '!';
 	return name;
 }
 

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