From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jorge Merlino <jorge.merlino@canonical.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add symlink in /sys/class/net for interface altnames
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:23:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230313102359.7054d058@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230313164903.839-1-jorge.merlino@canonical.com>
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:49:03 -0300
Jorge Merlino <jorge.merlino@canonical.com> wrote:
> Currently interface altnames behave almost the same as the interface
> principal name. One difference is that the not have a symlink in
> /sys/class/net as the principal has.
> This was mentioned as a TODO item in the original commit:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190719110029.29466-1-jiri@resnulli.us
> This patch adds that symlink when an altname is created and removes it
> when the altname is deleted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jorge Merlino <jorge.merlino@canonical.com>
What about if altname is changed?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-13 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-13 16:49 [PATCH] Add symlink in /sys/class/net for interface altnames Jorge Merlino
2023-03-13 17:02 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-03-13 17:02 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-03-13 17:23 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2023-03-13 21:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
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