On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 03:21:22PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > The commit 4a336a23d619 ("kobject: copy env blob in one go") optimized > constructing uevent data for delivery over netlink by using the raw > environment buffer, instead of reconstructing it from individual > environment pointers. Unfortunately in doing so it broke suppressing > MODALIAS attribute for KOBJ_UNBIND events, as the code that suppressed this > attribute only adjusted the environment pointers, but left the buffer > itself alone. Let's fix it by making sure the offending attribute is > obliterated form the buffer as well. > > Reported-by: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com> > Reported-by: Casey Leedom <lee...@chelsio.com> > Fixes: 4a336a23d619 ("kobject: copy env blob in one go") > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torok...@gmail.com> > --- > lib/kobject_uevent.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Ok, I'm lost here, is this patch still needed for 4.15-final? And am I supposed to be taking it through my tree as the offending patch didn't come from me? :) thanks, greg k-h