Re: [PATCH 2.6.X] SIOCSIFNAME wilcard suppor & name validation

From: Jean Tourrilhes
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 17:31:10 EST


On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:22:04PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Here is an enhanced version of the previous patch.
> It adds both the wildcard support that Jean did, and validation of network
> device names.

Excellent. Your patch looks much cleaner.

> It doesn't check the error return from class_device_rename because
> that will not fail unless object or name are null.

I was not 100% sure if this would remain true.

Thanks !

Jean
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