netdev - Re: [PATCH] ppp: Fix generating ifname when empty IFLA

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Date:   Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:10:06 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>@ci.codeaurora.org
Cc:     paulus@...ba.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        g.nault@...halink.fr, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppp: Fix generating ifname when empty IFLA_IFNAME is
 specified

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Sat,  7 Aug 2021 15:27:03 +0200 you wrote:
> IFLA_IFNAME is nul-term string which means that IFLA_IFNAME buffer can be
> larger than length of string which contains.
> 
> Function __rtnl_newlink() generates new own ifname if either IFLA_IFNAME
> was not specified at all or userspace passed empty nul-term string.
> 
> It is expected that if userspace does not specify ifname for new ppp netdev
> then kernel generates one in format "ppp<id>" where id matches to the ppp
> unit id which can be later obtained by PPPIOCGUNIT ioctl.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - ppp: Fix generating ifname when empty IFLA_IFNAME is specified
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/2459dcb96bcb

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