[PATCH net-next v9 0/9] net: set the correct name_assign_type for more devices

From: Tom Gundersen
Date: Thu Jul 17 2014 - 04:06:36 EST


These patches give name assign types to the vast majority of outstanding devices.

Patch 1: give devices with static device names ("lo", etc) the type NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE
Patch 2-3: give devices created over netlink (in particular Wifi-P2P, which is currently
a problem) the correct name assign type
Patch 4: do the same for devices created via ioctls
Patch 5-9: cover a few individual drivers

More individual drivers will be converted in a follow-up series.

Tom Gundersen (9):
net: set name assign type for names assigned using a static string
net: nl80211 - make rdev_add_virtual_intf take name_assign_type
net: nl802154 - make add_iface take name assign type
net: set name_assign_type when setting names via ioctls
net: bond - make bond_create take name_assign_type
net: isdn - set name assign type
net: vlan - set name assign type
net: openvswitch - set name assign type
net: ppp - set name assign type

drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c | 4 ++--
drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c | 10 +++++-----
drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.h | 4 ++--
drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c | 2 +-
drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 7 ++++---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/eql.c | 4 ++--
drivers/net/loopback.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 1 +
drivers/net/tun.c | 9 ++++++---
drivers/net/wan/sbni.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wan/sdla.c | 4 ++--
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c | 6 ++++--
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.h | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.c | 4 ++--
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h | 3 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c | 10 ++++++----
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c | 3 +++
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.h | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c | 4 +++-
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 5 +++--
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h | 1 +
drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c | 4 ++--
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 6 +++++-
drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 10 +++++++---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 1 +
include/net/wpan-phy.h | 4 +++-
net/8021q/vlan.c | 7 ++++++-
net/atm/br2684.c | 5 +++--
net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c | 2 +-
net/bridge/br_if.c | 7 ++++---
net/bridge/br_ioctl.c | 4 ++--
net/bridge/br_private.h | 2 +-
net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c | 5 ++++-
net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/sit.c | 2 +-
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 3 ++-
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 1 +
net/mac80211/iface.c | 3 ++-
net/mac80211/main.c | 2 +-
net/mac802154/ieee802154_dev.c | 7 ++++---
net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c | 2 +-
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 ++-
net/wireless/rdev-ops.h | 5 +++--
52 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

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