From patchwork Fri Dec 29 22:01:24 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luca Boccassi X-Patchwork-Id: 854016 X-Patchwork-Delegate: shemminger@vyatta.com Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=none (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org (client-ip=209.132.180.67; helo=vger.kernel.org; envelope-from=netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org; receiver=) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3z7gYk2CYNz9s7M for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 09:02:34 +1100 (AEDT) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751052AbdL2WCZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:02:25 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f170.google.com ([209.85.128.170]:41996 "EHLO mail-wr0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751015AbdL2WCY (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:02:24 -0500 Received: by mail-wr0-f170.google.com with SMTP id w107so16742591wrb.9 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:02:24 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references; bh=ILzUEQ3akKQw5JI0vpDOOraG189IvqbfvpD2OlXqw84=; b=Rw/QJkFpNBwWzkawFY1cBPpX9S/NCYsXjaMCrgOHjs/oiQvcZHrO/tmJKGBUko8OCz WpKJsXXkGxjs0vwkEOV8xYqIHbaY1Gy4YE1l0uGLNO+j9jRPb+TuUfoWtpST89yhLm6E sAaOhjPsKY9ziHddgulhXHq2vNbHE8kG9O7P1o/1xHc9LR0Cn9fSweUlnzyHzHjMe0bC WQUXSZeY57jHE0C7SCtYin9XIoO11b7CQKUPmQp8YYK+NhRlmEf0PSMRCCapX9sti5hG ErRvplBNXxbTXAVf5UIAExfjdM23JTV8MqqwGRsTRVB+Rsu3cvombQ6ypuMkF5j/tFjJ +J8Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mIm7rWC41YbKs9Gd/uz/8+SBKqS4jSPkzofSkTCVTik/ij8ozLm o1xJzWAIWx718PL004Sz+m33HAH1bGg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBovR8iTXT4+QKTGE/SvWRiVPLNIm1WcNUB5niXLgCagNJH/0U1ZRTOQ4pA+sAcuDCa+kRIwybw== X-Received: by 10.223.187.7 with SMTP id r7mr29294085wrg.233.1514584943044; Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:02:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([80.120.231.178]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t4sm15934856wmt.9.2017.12.29.14.02.22 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:02:22 -0800 (PST) From: Luca Boccassi To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH iproute2 3/4] man: ip-address: document 15-char limit for LABEL Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:01:24 +0100 Message-Id: <20171229220125.13579-3-bluca@debian.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.14.2 In-Reply-To: <20171229220125.13579-1-bluca@debian.org> References: <20171229220125.13579-1-bluca@debian.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org 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 Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi --- 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. .TP .BI scope " SCOPE_VALUE"