Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752203AbbBRB2K (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:28:10 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f52.google.com ([209.85.220.52]:36954 "EHLO mail-pa0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751555AbbBRB2I (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:28:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:28:03 -0600 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Matthew Thode Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] colons are invalid characters in netdev names Message-ID: <20150217192803.21a63afd@uryu.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <1424214942-17581-1-git-send-email-mthode@mthode.org> References: <1424214942-17581-1-git-send-email-mthode@mthode.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 606 Lines: 18 On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:15:42 -0600 Matthew Thode wrote: > colons are used as a separator in netdev device lookup in dev_ioctl.c > > Specific functions are SIOCGIFTXQLEN SIOCETHTOOL SIOCSIFNAME > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode What is the exact sequence that causes the problem? SIOCSIFNAME already strips of colon. -- 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/