netdev - Re: missing retval check of call_netdevice_notifiers in dev_change_net

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Message-ID: <20200623074334.GA8574@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:43:34 +1000
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: missing retval check of call_netdevice_notifiers in
 dev_change_net_namespace

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:43:53PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> Adding Herbert Xu who added support for failing notifications in
> fcc5a03ac425 ("[NET]: Allow netdev REGISTER/CHANGENAME events to fail").
> 
> He might have some insight but 2007 was a long time ago.

https://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2007/07/26/61

AFAICS this is still needed.

Cheers,
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