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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.20] kobject net ifindex + rename
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:34:37AM +0100, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On 28-02-2007 02:27, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > Hi all,
> ...
> > Patch for 2.6.20 is attached. The patch was tested on a system
> > running the hotplug scripts, and on another system running udev.
> >
> > Have fun...
> >
> > Jean
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> > diff -u -p linux/net/core/net-sysfs.j1.c linux/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> > --- linux/net/core/net-sysfs.j1.c 2007-02-27 15:01:08.000000000 -0800
> > +++ linux/net/core/net-sysfs.c 2007-02-27 15:06:49.000000000 -0800
> > @@ -412,6 +412,17 @@ static int netdev_uevent(struct class_de
> > if ((size <= 0) || (i >= num_envp))
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + /* pass ifindex to uevent.
> > + * ifindex is useful as it won't change (interface name may change)
> > + * and is what RtNetlink uses natively. */
> > + envp[i++] = buf;
> > + n = snprintf(buf, size, "IFINDEX=%d", dev->ifindex) + 1;
> > + buf += n;
> > + size -= n;
> > +
> > + if ((size <= 0) || (i >= num_envp))
>
> Btw.:
> 1. if size == 10 and snprintf returns 9 (without NULL)
> then n == 10 (with NULL), so isn't it enough (here and above):
>
> if ((size < 0) || (i >= num_envp))

I just cut'n'pasted the code a few line above. If the original
code is incorrect, it need fixing. And it will need fixing in probably
a lot of places.

> 2. shouldn't there be (here and above):
>
> envp[--i] = NULL;
>

No, envp is local, so who cares.
Thanks.

Jean
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