On 02/17/2015 05:46 PM, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > On 18.02.2015 00:15, Matthew Thode wrote: >> 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) { >> > > Hi, > > that check should be done in the loop below, shouldn't it? > > Regards, > Lino > You are correct, should I resend a patch. Not really sure the procedure of updating a patchset sent to the ML.
-- Matthew Thode
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