patch for powerpc lparcfg.c

[Nathan Lynch]

Carl Love wrote:
> 
> I created the attached patch to print the partition name along with the
> other partition information reported in /proc/ppc64/lparcfg for the
> powerpc systems.

> diff -rauN -X /home/carll/dontdiff linux-2.6.17-rc1-git8/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c linux-2.6.17-rc1-git8-new/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
> --- linux-2.6.17-rc1-git8/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c	2006-04-13 12:25:11.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-git8-new/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c	2006-04-13 15:29:02.000000000 -0700
> @@ -360,6 +360,9 @@
>  
>  	seq_printf(m, "system_type=%s\n", model);
>  
> +	seq_printf(m, "partition_name=%s\n",
> +		   get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-name", NULL));
> +

Who or what is the intended consumer of this information?

You should probably check get_property's return value and print the
partition_name line only if it is non-NULL.