linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: export dev_change

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Message-ID: <8c591002-308e-bdba-de5f-c96113230451@quicinc.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:37:49 +0530
From:   Anvesh Jain P <quic_ajainp@...cinc.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        "Kuniyuki Iwashima" <kuniyu@...zon.com>,
        Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Andy Ren <andy.ren@...cruise.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Venkata Rao Kakani <quic_vkakani@...cinc.com>,
        Vagdhan Kumar <quic_vagdhank@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: export dev_change_name function



On 8/1/2023 6:01 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 04:51:01PM +0530, Anvesh Jain P wrote:
>> export dev_change_name function to be used by other modules.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vagdhan Kumar <quic_vagdhank@...cinc.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Anvesh Jain P <quic_ajainp@...cinc.com>
> 
> It would be normal to include a user of the API when exposing an API.
> 
> What module needs to change the name of a device? At the moment, only
> user space can do this via netlink or an IOCTL.
> 
>       Andrew
CONFIG_RENAME_DEVICES is the module which needs "dev_change_name" API. 
Our requirement is to change the network device name from kernel space.