Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 05:58:49AM CEST, jakub.kicin...@netronome.com wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:00:25 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> +int netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(struct net_device *dev, char *name)
>> +{
>> + struct netdev_name_node *name_node;
>> + struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
>> +
>> + name_node = netdev_name_node_lookup(net, name);
>> + if (!name_node)
>> + return -ENOENT;
>> + __netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(name_node);
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_name_node_alt_destroy);
>
>I was surprised to see the exports are they strictly necessary?
Well I call them from net/core/rtnetlink.c, so yes. Maybe I'm missing
your point...
>Just wondering..
>
>> @@ -8258,6 +8313,7 @@ static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head
>> *head)
>> dev_uc_flush(dev);
>> dev_mc_flush(dev);
>>
>> + netdev_name_node_alt_flush(dev);
>> netdev_name_node_free(dev->name_node);
>>
>> if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit)
>> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> index 1ee6460f8275..7a2010b16e10 100644
>> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> @@ -1750,6 +1750,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1]
>> = {
>> [IFLA_CARRIER_DOWN_COUNT] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
>> [IFLA_MIN_MTU] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
>> [IFLA_MAX_MTU] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
>> + [IFLA_ALT_IFNAME_MOD] = { .type = NLA_STRING,
>> + .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
>
>Should we set:
>
> .strict_start_type = IFLA_ALT_IFNAME_MOD
Probably yes. Will add it.
>
>?
>
>> };
>>
>> static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
