Re: [PATCH] ipip, sit: copy parms.name after register_netdevice

[Ted Feng]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 06:46:21PM +0800, Ted Feng wrote:
> From: Ted Feng <artisdom@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Same fix as 731abb9cb2 for ipip and sit tunnel.
> Commit 1c5cae815d removed an explicit call to dev_alloc_name in
> ipip_tunnel_locate and ipip6_tunnel_locate, because register_netdevice
> will now create a valid name, however the tunnel keeps a copy of the
> name in the private parms structure. Fix this by copying the name back
> after register_netdevice has successfully returned.
> 
Just a reminder. The previous resubmited patch got no response.
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