netdev - Re: [linux-stable-3.16.y] tun: allow positive return values on dev_get_valid

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 15:24:46 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     sedat.dilek@...il.com
Cc:     debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "Signed-off-by: Julien Gomes" <julien@...sta.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-stable-3.16.y] tun: allow positive return values on
 dev_get_valid_name() call

On Mon, 2018-05-14 at 15:47 +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> some Debian/jessie systems were caught by the bug-report in [1].
> This issue was recently fixed in an updated Debian kernel for v3.16.y.
> 
> Will you include the patch "tun: allow positive return values on
> dev_get_valid_name() call" [2] in linux-stable-3.16.y upstream?

Yes, I will include all the same regression fixes in the next 3.16-
stable update.

Ben.

> This was a fix for  "tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before
> register_netdevice()" [3].
> Unfortunately, there is not a reference (usually "Fixes:" tag) for this in [2].
> Not sure if this was documented in the meantime like [4] says.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> - Sedat -
> 
> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897427
> [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9
> [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d
> [4] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg462705.html
-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison


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