netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 4/7] selftests/net: add rand

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Message-ID: <20251120191916.4f91ee3a@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:19:16 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: David Wei <dw@...idwei.uk>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S.
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 4/7] selftests/net: add rand_ifname() helper

On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:30:13 -0800 David Wei wrote:
> For upcoming netkit container datapath selftests I want to generate
> randomised ifnames. Add a helper rand_ifname() to do this.

The kernel will generate a name automatically, why do we need to create
a specific one?