Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:12:28 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ipip, sit: copy parms.name after register_netdevice | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Ted Feng <artisdom@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:29:24 +0800
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 06:46:21PM +0800, Ted Feng wrote: >> From: Ted Feng <artisdom@gmail.com> >> >> Same fix as 731abb9cb2 for ipip and sit tunnel. >> Commit 1c5cae815d removed an explicit call to dev_alloc_name in >> ipip_tunnel_locate and ipip6_tunnel_locate, because register_netdevice >> will now create a valid name, however the tunnel keeps a copy of the >> name in the private parms structure. Fix this by copying the name back >> after register_netdevice has successfully returned. >> > Just a reminder. The previous resubmited patch got no response.
So? It's queued up in patchwork:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/
and therefore will get looked at when someone finds the time.
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