netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: modify tunnel's name when changing link's name

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Message-ID: <1400631582.5367.142.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 May 2014 17:19:42 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	stephen hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: modify tunnel's name when changing link's name

On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 16:20 -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am working on a patch.
> 
> For now, I think we just fix the renaming issue.
> Please try this patch below (I already tested it actually).
> 
> IPv6 part is on the way.

This looks like bloat.

Why do we need to copy dev->name into tunnel->param.name ?

struct ip_tunnel_parm is legacy, but we do not need to store
anything in tunnel->param.name

This can be filled when/if sent to userland.


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