netdev - Re: [PATCH 14/16] net: Factor out __dev_alloc_name from dev_alloc

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Message-Id: <20070912.044919.74734903.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:49:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, containers@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/16] net: Factor out __dev_alloc_name from
 dev_alloc_name

From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:36:56 -0600

> 
> When forcibly changing the network namespace of a device
> I need something that can generate a name for the device
> in the new namespace without overwriting the old name.
> 
> __dev_alloc_name provides me that functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Applied to net-2.6.24, thanks.
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