netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: build ifname using unit identifier for rtnl based devices

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Date:	Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:06:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: build ifname using unit identifier for
 rtnl based devices

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:12:26 +0200

> Userspace programs generally need to know the name of the ppp devices
> they create. Both ioctl and rtnl interfaces use the ppp<suffix> sheme
> to name them. But although the suffix used by the ioctl interface can
> be known by userspace (it's the PPP unit identifier returned by the
> PPPIOCGUNIT ioctl), the one used by the rtnl is only known by the
> kernel.
> 
> This patch brings more consistency between ioctl and rtnl based ppp
> devices by generating device names using the PPP unit identifer as
> suffix in both cases. This way, userspace can always infer the name of
> the devices they create.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>

Applied, thanks.