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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:19:16 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: David Wei <dw@davidwei.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 4/7] selftests/net: add rand_ifname() helper
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:30:13 -0800 David Wei wrote:
> For upcoming netkit container datapath selftests I want to generate
> randomised ifnames. Add a helper rand_ifname() to do this.

The kernel will generate a name automatically, why do we need to create
a specific one?