Re: bonding: cannot remove certain named devices

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:56:12 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:44:44 -0700
> 
> > IMHO idiots who put space's in filenames should be ignored. As long
> > as the bonding code doesn't throw a fatal error, it has every right
> > to return "No such device" to the fool.
> 
> I agree that whitespace in device names push the limits of sanity.
> 
> But if we believe that, we should enforce it in dev_valid_name().
> 
> Does anyone really mind if I add the whitespace check there?

That is a good idea since it protects other interfaces from possible problems.
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