linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net/core: Allow live renaming when an interface is up

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Date:   Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:00:15 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Andy Ren <andy.ren@...cruise.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net/core: Allow live renaming when an interface
 is up

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Mon,  7 Nov 2022 09:42:42 -0800 you wrote:
> Allow a network interface to be renamed when the interface
> is up.
> 
> As described in the netconsole documentation [1], when netconsole is
> used as a built-in, it will bring up the specified interface as soon as
> possible. As a result, user space will not be able to rename the
> interface since the kernel disallows renaming of interfaces that are
> administratively up unless the 'IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK' private flag was set
> by the kernel.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v3] net/core: Allow live renaming when an interface is up
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/bd039b5ea2a9

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