Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] software node: allow named software node to be created

Vladimir Oltean
2022-07-15T20:17:25Z

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?