netdev - Re: [patch iproute2-next v3 2/2] ip: allow to use alternative names as handle

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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:34:54 -0400
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, dcbw@...hat.com,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, mkubecek@...e.cz, andrew@...n.ch,
        parav@...lanox.com, saeedm@...lanox.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        sd@...asysnail.net, sbrivio@...hat.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch iproute2-next v3 2/2] ip: allow to use alternative names
 as handle

On 10/16/19 7:28 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 08:34:56PM CEST, dsahern@...il.com wrote:
>> On 10/9/19 8:49 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>>
>>> Extend ll_name_to_index() to get the index of a netdevice using
>>> alternative interface name. Allow alternative long names to pass checks
>>> in couple of ip link/addr commands.
>>
>> you don't add altnames to the name_hash, so the lookup can not find a
>> match based on altname.
> 
> you are right, it is always going to fall back to ll_link_get(). I will
> do another patch to add the altnames to name_hash. It can go in
> separatelly or I can add that to this patchset. Up to you.

this patch claims to do the lookup, so it should actually be able to do
a lookup.