Re: [PATCH] reject creation of netdev names with colons

From: Matthew Thode Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:31:57 -0600 > 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 Applied thanks. Please put a proper subsystem prefix in your Sub

[PATCH] reject creation of netdev names with colons

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 --- 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..e