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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c11
-rw-r--r--include/net/rtnetlink.h1
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c12
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 9b945e60530..8ad596573d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct veth_priv *priv;
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
struct nlattr *peer_tb[IFLA_MAX + 1], **tbp;
+ unsigned char name_assign_type;
struct ifinfomsg *ifmp;
struct net *net;
@@ -362,16 +363,20 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
tbp = tb;
}
- if (tbp[IFLA_IFNAME])
+ if (tbp[IFLA_IFNAME]) {
nla_strlcpy(ifname, tbp[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
- else
+ name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER;
+ } else {
snprintf(ifname, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d");
+ name_assign_type = NET_NAME_ENUM;
+ }
net = rtnl_link_get_net(src_net, tbp);
if (IS_ERR(net))
return PTR_ERR(net);
- peer = rtnl_create_link(net, ifname, &veth_link_ops, tbp);
+ peer = rtnl_create_link(net, ifname, name_assign_type,
+ &veth_link_ops, tbp);
if (IS_ERR(peer)) {
put_net(net);
return PTR_ERR(peer);
diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 72240e5ac2c..e21b9f9653c 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void rtnl_af_unregister(struct rtnl_af_ops *ops);
struct net *rtnl_link_get_net(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *tb[]);
struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, char *ifname,
+ unsigned char name_assign_type,
const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
struct nlattr *tb[]);
int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 599864322de..e9918020dbc 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,8 @@ int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_configure_link);
struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
- char *ifname, const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[])
+ char *ifname, unsigned char name_assign_type,
+ const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[])
{
int err;
struct net_device *dev;
@@ -1828,7 +1829,7 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
num_rx_queues = ops->get_num_rx_queues();
err = -ENOMEM;
- dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(ops->priv_size, ifname, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
+ dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(ops->priv_size, ifname, name_assign_type,
ops->setup, num_tx_queues, num_rx_queues);
if (!dev)
goto err;
@@ -1894,6 +1895,7 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX+1];
struct nlattr *linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1];
+ unsigned char name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER;
int err;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
@@ -2046,14 +2048,16 @@ replay:
if (!ops->setup)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (!ifname[0])
+ if (!ifname[0]) {
snprintf(ifname, IFNAMSIZ, "%s%%d", ops->kind);
+ name_assign_type = NET_NAME_ENUM;
+ }
dest_net = rtnl_link_get_net(net, tb);
if (IS_ERR(dest_net))
return PTR_ERR(dest_net);
- dev = rtnl_create_link(dest_net, ifname, ops, tb);
+ dev = rtnl_create_link(dest_net, ifname, name_assign_type, ops, tb);
if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dev);
goto out;