Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] net: add name_assign_type netdev attribute

[Ben Hutchings]

On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 18:21 +0100, David Herrmann wrote:
[...]
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ void netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *dev,
>  #define NET_RX_SUCCESS		0	/* keep 'em coming, baby */
>  #define NET_RX_DROP		1	/* packet dropped */
>  
> +/* interface name assignment types */
> +#define NET_NAME_ENUM		0	/* enumerated by kernel (default) */
> +#define NET_NAME_USER		1	/* provided by user-space */
> +#define NET_NAME_RENAMED	2	/* renamed by user-space */
[...]

I think these definitions should be put in a UAPI header.  Even if the
names don't end up being used by userland, that would make it clear that
the numbers are a stable ABI.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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