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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH 50/51] Check user supplied interface name
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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:09:45 -0700
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:05:09 +0200
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> +void assert_valid_dev_name(const char *, const char *);

Not a fan of long function names.
=E2=80=9CI have only made this letter longer because I have not had the tim=
e to make it shorter."

Maybe just add a new function addattr_ifname() and add the checking there?