Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754809AbaGPWpr (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:45:47 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com ([209.85.217.178]:42941 "EHLO mail-lb0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753805AbaGPWpl (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:45:41 -0400 From: Tom Gundersen To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: David Miller , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tom Gundersen , Paul Mackerras , linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v8] net: ppp - set name assign type Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:43:14 +0200 Message-Id: <1405550594-11786-7-git-send-email-teg@jklm.no> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.3 In-Reply-To: <1405550594-11786-1-git-send-email-teg@jklm.no> References: <1405550594-11786-1-git-send-email-teg@jklm.no> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The ifname is of the form pppX where X is the unit number. This is either set by userspace, or userspace requests the kernel to chose one, which is then returned to userspace. Either way the creating user knows the name, so we treat both cases as if the user had explicitly chosen the name and label it NET_NAME_USER. Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org --- This patch goes on top of net-next. drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index c38ee90..6526057 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -2728,6 +2728,7 @@ ppp_create_interface(struct net *net, int unit, int *retp) /* Initialize the new ppp unit */ ppp->file.index = unit; sprintf(dev->name, "ppp%d", unit); + dev->name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER; ret = register_netdev(dev); if (ret != 0) { -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/