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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index fdfc4b6a644..e9139053399 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -954,6 +954,29 @@ rollback: } /** + * dev_set_alias - change ifalias of a device + * @dev: device + * @alias: name up to IFALIASZ + * + * Set ifalias for a device, + */ +int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len) +{ + ASSERT_RTNL(); + + if (len >= IFALIASZ) + return -EINVAL; + + dev->ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len+1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!dev->ifalias) + return -ENOMEM; + + strlcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len+1); + return len; +} + + +/** * netdev_features_change - device changes features * @dev: device to cause notification * |