From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754614Ab1LLXvU (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:51:20 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:41353 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753391Ab1LLXvS (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:51:18 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:51:13 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20111212.185113.1211685406728953774.davem@davemloft.net> To: artisdom@gmail.com Cc: jpirko@redhat.com, jwboyer@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipip, sit: copy parms.name after register_netdevice From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20111208104619.GA20150@ted-OptiPlex-380> References: <20111207.235602.1465915988125994516.davem@davemloft.net> <20111208104619.GA20150@ted-OptiPlex-380> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.4 on Emacs 23.3 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (shards.monkeyblade.net [198.137.202.13]); Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:51:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ted Feng Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:46:21 +0800 > From: Ted Feng > > Same fix as 731abb9cb2 for ipip and sit tunnel. > Commit 1c5cae815d removed an explicit call to dev_alloc_name in > ipip_tunnel_locate and ipip6_tunnel_locate, because register_netdevice > will now create a valid name, however the tunnel keeps a copy of the > name in the private parms structure. Fix this by copying the name back > after register_netdevice has successfully returned. > > This shows up if you do a simple tunnel add, followed by a tunnel show: > > $ sudo ip tunnel add mode ipip remote 10.2.20.211 > $ ip tunnel > tunl0: ip/ip remote any local any ttl inherit nopmtudisc > tunl%d: ip/ip remote 10.2.20.211 local any ttl inherit > $ sudo ip tunnel add mode sit remote 10.2.20.212 > $ ip tunnel > sit0: ipv6/ip remote any local any ttl 64 nopmtudisc 6rd-prefix 2002::/16 > sit%d: ioctl 89f8 failed: No such device > sit%d: ipv6/ip remote 10.2.20.212 local any ttl inherit > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Ted Feng Applied.