netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH 50/51] Check user supplied interface name lengths

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:09:45 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH 50/51] Check user supplied interface name
 lengths

On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:05:09 +0200
Phil Sutter <phil@....cc> wrote:

> +void assert_valid_dev_name(const char *, const char *);

Not a fan of long function names.
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."

Maybe just add a new function addattr_ifname() and add the checking there?