On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 04:42:53AM +0100, Jiri Bohac wrote:
> __dev_alloc_name(), when supplied with a name containing '%d',
> will search for the first available device number to generate a
> unique device name.
>
> Since commit ff92741270bf8b6e78aa885f166b68c7a67ab13a ("net:
> introduce name_node struct to be used in hashlist") network
> devices may have alternate names. __dev_alloc_name() does take
Should this be "does not take"
> these alternate names into account, possibly generating a name
> that is already taken and failing with -ENFILE as a result.
Andrew
