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

[David Miller]

From: Ted Feng <artisdom@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:29:24 +0800

> 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.

So?  It's queued up in patchwork:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/

and therefore will get looked at when someone finds the time.
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