Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 04:42:53 +0100 you 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
> these alternate names into account, possibly generating a name
> that is already taken and failing with -ENFILE as a result.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- net: check all name nodes in __dev_alloc_name
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/6c015a225680
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