| Message ID | 1424219517-9386-1-git-send-email-mthode@mthode.org |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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From: Matthew Thode <mthode@mthode.org> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:31:57 -0600 > 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@mthode.org> Applied thanks. Please put a proper subsystem prefix in your Subject line for future patches. In this case an appropriate prefix would have been "net: reject..." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index d030575..efbad386 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name) return false; while (*name) { - if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name)) + if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name)) return false; name++; }
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@mthode.org> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)