Based on a patch from David Herrmann. This is the only place devices can be renamed.
Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <t...@jklm.no> Reviewed-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrm...@gmail.com> --- net/core/dev.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 30eedf6..7765ec5 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) { char oldname[IFNAMSIZ]; + unsigned char old_assign_type; int err = 0; int ret; struct net *net; @@ -1109,10 +1110,14 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) return err; } + old_assign_type = dev->name_assign_type; + dev->name_assign_type = NET_NAME_RENAMED; + rollback: ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name); if (ret) { memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ); + dev->name_assign_type = old_assign_type; write_seqcount_end(&devnet_rename_seq); return ret; } @@ -1141,6 +1146,8 @@ rollback: write_seqcount_begin(&devnet_rename_seq); memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ); memcpy(oldname, newname, IFNAMSIZ); + dev->name_assign_type = old_assign_type; + old_assign_type = NET_NAME_RENAMED; goto rollback; } else { pr_err("%s: name change rollback failed: %d\n", -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/