Re: [PATCH] colons are invalid characters in netdev names

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:15:42 -0600
Matthew Thode <mthode@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 <mthode@xxxxxxxxxx>

What is the exact sequence that causes the problem?
SIOCSIFNAME already strips of colon.


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