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Date:   Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:17:15 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] software node: allow named software node to
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 10:57:55PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
> > 
> > Allow a named software node to be created, which is needed for software
> > nodes for a fixed-link specification for DSA.
> 
> In general I have no objection, but what's worrying me is a possibility to
> collide in namespace. With the current code the name is generated based on
> unique IDs, how can we make this one more robust?

Could you be more clear about the exact concern?