linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] reject creation of netdev names with colons

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Message-Id: <20150221.214602.384556263249269746.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:46:02 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mthode@...ode.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reject creation of netdev names with colons

From: Matthew Thode <mthode@...ode.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:31:57 -0600

> colons are used as a separator in netdev device lookup in dev_ioctl.c
> 
> Specific functions are SIOCGIFTXQLEN SIOCETHTOOL SIOCSIFNAME
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <mthode@...ode.org>

Applied thanks.

Please put a proper subsystem prefix in your Subject line
for future patches.  In this case an appropriate prefix
would have been "net: reject..."
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