colons are used as a separator in netdev device lookup in dev_ioctl.c Specific functions are SIOCGIFTXQLEN SIOCETHTOOL SIOCSIFNAME
Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <mth...@mthode.org> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index d030575..e9b6d5a 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name) return false; if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ) return false; - if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, "..")) + if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, "..") || !strcmp(name, ":")) return false; while (*name) { -- 2.0.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/