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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 08:29:15 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'David Miller' <davem@...emloft.net>, "teg@...m.no" <teg@...m.no>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dbaryshkov@...il.com" <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	"linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v9 3/9] net: nl802154 - make add_iface take
 name assign type

From: David Miller
> From: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:06:04 +0200
> 
> > @@ -192,8 +193,10 @@ int ieee802154_add_iface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> >  		if (devname[nla_len(info->attrs[IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_NAME]) - 1]
> >  				!= '\0')
> >  			return -EINVAL; /* phy name should be null-terminated */
> > +		name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER;
> >  	} else  {
> >  		devname = "wpan%d";
> > +		name_assign_type = NET_NAME_ENUM;
> >  	}
> >
> >  	if (strlen(devname) >= IFNAMSIZ)
> 
> Just wondering what should happen if "%d" appears in a user provided name.
> 
> That would seem to be both USER and ENUM.

Is a training %d detected by special code?
Or is the string used as a printf format?
If the latter is true what happens if the user provides foo%s

	David



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