Re: [PATCH] net: openvswitch: Check vport name

From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 09:35:57 EST


On Sat, 2024-04-13 at 16:48 +0800, jun.gu wrote:
> Check vport name from dev_get_by_name, this can avoid to add and remove
> NIC repeatedly when NIC rename failed at system startup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jun Gu <jun.gu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
> index 903537a5da22..de8977d7f329 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct vport *ovs_netdev_link(struct vport *vport, const char *name)
> int err;
>
> vport->dev = dev_get_by_name(ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp), name);
> - if (!vport->dev) {
> + if (!vport->dev) || strcmp(name, ovs_vport_name(vport)) {

^^
Missing open bracket here, and close bracket towards the end. Please
build and test your patch before submitting the next revision.

Please also include the target tree ('net-next') in the subj prefix
when you will submit it.

And update the commit message as per Eelco's request.

Thanks,

Paolo