netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: rename sysfs symlinks on device name change

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:14:17 +0100
From:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: rename sysfs symlinks on device name
 change

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:30:56AM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com> wrote:
>> +void netdev_adjacent_rename_links(struct net_device *dev, char *oldname)
>> +{
>> +       struct netdev_adjacent *iter;
>> +
>> +       list_for_each_entry(iter, &dev->adj_list.upper, list) {
>> +               netdev_adjacent_sysfs_del(iter->dev, oldname,
>> +                                         &iter->dev->adj_list.lower);
>> +               netdev_adjacent_sysfs_add(iter->dev, dev,
>> +                                         &iter->dev->adj_list.lower);
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       list_for_each_entry(iter, &dev->adj_list.lower, list) {
>> +               netdev_adjacent_sysfs_del(iter->dev, oldname,
>> +                                         &iter->dev->adj_list.upper);
>> +               netdev_adjacent_sysfs_add(iter->dev, dev,
>> +                                         &iter->dev->adj_list.upper);
>> +       }
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_adjacent_rename_links);
>
>Since it is only used within net/core/dev.c, why do you make it extern
>and export it? It can become static.

Hm, good point, exported it automatically, didn't realise that dev_rename()
is also in dev.c.

Will send v2.
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