linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] bonding: use a read-write lock in bonding_show

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Message-ID: <CANn89i+y1xzAH+m8W_nSyNXkTsJJOpf5NaF=_bEUA4YAAsTp0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:40:15 +0100
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Haifeng Xu <haifeng.xu@...pee.com>
Cc:     andy@...yhouse.net, davem@...emloft.net, j.vosburgh@...il.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] bonding: use a read-write lock in bonding_show_bonds()

On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 2:15 PM Haifeng Xu <haifeng.xu@...pee.com> wrote:
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>
> dev_change_name（）is either used in  dev_ifsioc(case: SIOCSIFNAME) or used in do_setlink(), so
> could these net devices which need to change name be related to bond？ I am not quite sure.

You can change a netdev name with

ip link set dev OLDNAME name NEWNAME

This is generic.