From 238fa3623a5709d29673ed78ff8e714d040fbb89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Gundersen Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:37:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] net: set name assign type for renamed devices Based on a patch from David Herrmann. This is the only place devices can be renamed. v9: restore revers-christmas-tree order of local variables Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen Reviewed-by: David Herrmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 6e2a2cd82321..38793fb84a35 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, */ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) { + unsigned char old_assign_type; char oldname[IFNAMSIZ]; int err = 0; int ret; @@ -1109,10 +1110,14 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) return err; } + old_assign_type = dev->name_assign_type; + dev->name_assign_type = NET_NAME_RENAMED; + rollback: ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name); if (ret) { memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ); + dev->name_assign_type = old_assign_type; write_seqcount_end(&devnet_rename_seq); return ret; } @@ -1141,6 +1146,8 @@ rollback: write_seqcount_begin(&devnet_rename_seq); memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ); memcpy(oldname, newname, IFNAMSIZ); + dev->name_assign_type = old_assign_type; + old_assign_type = NET_NAME_RENAMED; goto rollback; } else { pr_err("%s: name change rollback failed: %d\n", -- 2.39.5