netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: check all name nodes in __dev_alloc

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:40:35 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jiri Bohac <jbohac@...e.cz>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: check all name nodes in  __dev_alloc_name

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 04:42:53AM +0100, Jiri Bohac wrote:
> __dev_alloc_name(), when supplied with a name containing '%d',
> will search for the first available device number to generate a
> unique device name.
> 
> Since commit ff92741270bf8b6e78aa885f166b68c7a67ab13a ("net:
> introduce name_node struct to be used in hashlist") network
> devices may have alternate names.  __dev_alloc_name() does take

Should this be "does not take"

> these alternate names into account, possibly generating a name
> that is already taken and failing with -ENFILE as a result.

  Andrew