Re: [PATCH] net: export dev_change_name function

[Anvesh Jain P]

On 8/1/2023 6:01 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 04:51:01PM +0530, Anvesh Jain P wrote:
> > export dev_change_name function to be used by other modules.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vagdhan Kumar <quic_vagdhank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Anvesh Jain P <quic_ajainp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It would be normal to include a user of the API when exposing an API.
>
> What module needs to change the name of a device? At the moment, only
> user space can do this via netlink or an IOCTL.
>
>       Andrew
CONFIG_RENAME_DEVICES is the module which needs "dev_change_name" API. 
Our requirement is to change the network device name from kernel space.