Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:37:49 +0530 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: export dev_change_name function | From | Anvesh Jain P <> |
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On 8/1/2023 6:01 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 04:51:01PM +0530, Anvesh Jain P wrote: >> export dev_change_name function to be used by other modules. >> >> Signed-off-by: Vagdhan Kumar <quic_vagdhank@quicinc.com> >> Signed-off-by: Anvesh Jain P <quic_ajainp@quicinc.com> > > It would be normal to include a user of the API when exposing an API. > > What module needs to change the name of a device? At the moment, only > user space can do this via netlink or an IOCTL. > > Andrew CONFIG_RENAME_DEVICES is the module which needs "dev_change_name" API. Our requirement is to change the network device name from kernel space.
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