netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: A little dev_valid

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Message-Id: <20090118.181751.187711018.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:17:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mjt@....msk.ru
Cc:	matvejchikov@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: A little dev_valid_name() improvement

From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:28:46 +0300

> Matvejchikov Ilya wrote:
> > This patch removes redundant complexity when checking the
> > network device name to be valid.
> 
> And also disallows any name starting with a dot, while
> previously it was allowed/valid.
> 
> I don't think this patch is good.

Agreed, I'm not applying this.
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