netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/ethernet : set default assignment identifier to NET_NAME

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Date:   Fri, 1 Apr 2022 15:13:27 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Ian Wienand <iwienand@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ethernet : set default assignment identifier to
 NET_NAME_ENUM

On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 05:34:30PM +1100, Ian Wienand wrote:
> As noted in the original commit 685343fc3ba6 ("net: add
> name_assign_type netdev attribute")
> 
>   ... when the kernel has given the interface a name using global
>   device enumeration based on order of discovery (ethX, wlanY, etc)
>   ... are labelled NET_NAME_ENUM.
> 
> That describes this case, so set the default for the devices here to
> NET_NAME_ENUM to better help userspace tools to know if they might
> like to rename them.

Hi Ian

Is this potentially an ABI change, and we will get surprises when
interfaces which were not previously renamed now are? It would be nice
to see some justification this is actually safe to do.

   Andrew