3.2.69-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Matthew Thode <[email protected]> [ Upstream commit a4176a9391868bfa87705bcd2e3b49e9b9dd2996 ] 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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ int dev_valid_name(const char *name) return 0; while (*name) { - if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name)) + if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name)) return 0; name++; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
