netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dev: fix incorrect getting net device's name

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:37:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gaofeng@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dev: fix incorrect getting net device's
 name

From: Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:58:27 +0800

> When moving a nic from net namespace A to net namespace B,
> in dev_change_net_namesapce,we call __dev_get_by_name to
> decide if the netns B has the device has the same name.
> 
> if the netns B already has the same named device,we call
> dev_get_valid_name to try to get a valid name for this nic in
> the netns B,but net_device->nd_net still point to netns A now.
> 
> this patch fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>

Looks good, applied, thanks!
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