| Message ID | 20171229220125.13579-3-bluca@debian.org |
|---|---|
| State | Changes Requested, archived |
| Delegated to: | stephen hemminger |
| Headers | show |
| Series | None | expand |
On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:01:24 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote: > Trying to set a label longer than 15 characters returns an error: > RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range > > Document the limit in the manpage. > > Originally reported as a Debian bug: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661886 > > Reported-by: Gabor Kiss <kissg@ssg.ki.iif.hu> > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> > --- > man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in > index eaa179c6..e7f14533 100644 > --- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in > +++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in > @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Each address may be tagged with a label string. > In order to preserve compatibility with Linux-2.0 net aliases, > this string must coincide with the name of the device or must be prefixed > with the device name followed by colon. > +The maximum allowed length is 15 characters. Since these are aliases, lets be precise: The maximum allowed total length of label is 15 characters.
On Fri, 2017-12-29 at 20:04 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:01:24 +0100 > Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote: > > > Trying to set a label longer than 15 characters returns an error: > > RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range > > > > Document the limit in the manpage. > > > > Originally reported as a Debian bug: > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661886 > > > > Reported-by: Gabor Kiss <kissg@ssg.ki.iif.hu> > > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> > > --- > > man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in > > index eaa179c6..e7f14533 100644 > > --- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in > > +++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in > > @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Each address may be tagged with a label string. > > In order to preserve compatibility with Linux-2.0 net aliases, > > this string must coincide with the name of the device or must be > > prefixed > > with the device name followed by colon. > > +The maximum allowed length is 15 characters. > > Since these are aliases, lets be precise: > The maximum allowed total length of label is 15 characters. Ok, done in v2, thanks
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in index eaa179c6..e7f14533 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Each address may be tagged with a label string. In order to preserve compatibility with Linux-2.0 net aliases, this string must coincide with the name of the device or must be prefixed with the device name followed by colon. +The maximum allowed length is 15 characters. .TP .BI scope " SCOPE_VALUE"
Trying to set a label longer than 15 characters returns an error: RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range Document the limit in the manpage. Originally reported as a Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661886 Reported-by: Gabor Kiss <kissg@ssg.ki.iif.hu> Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> --- man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)