From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: dqfext@gmail.com
Cc: Martin Olivier <martin.olivier@live.fr>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ppp: add IFLA_PPP_UNIT netlink attribute
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:14:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260317161443.01eee26a@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PAWP192MB2411A808BB36F0086A9B00B99742A@PAWP192MB2411.EURP192.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:14:29 +0100 Martin Olivier wrote:
> Currently, the PPP rtnetlink API allows creating a new network interface
> with a custom ifname, but it lacks the ability to specify a custom PPP
> unit id.
>
> Setting a specific unit id is currently only possible with the
> PPPIOCNEWUNIT ioctl. If a user-space program also requires a custom
> interface name, it must create the interface first with PPPIOCNEWUNIT
> and then rename it.
>
> Resolve this by introducing the IFLA_PPP_UNIT netlink attribute. This
> allows user-space programs to atomically request both a custom ifname
> and a specific PPP unit id during the RTM_NEWLINK creation process,
> eliminating the post-creation renaming for this use case.
Qingfang Deng, you work on PPP, could you review this patch, please?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-17 23:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 1:14 [PATCH net-next v2] ppp: add IFLA_PPP_UNIT netlink attribute Martin Olivier
2026-03-17 23:14 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-03-18 1:59 ` Qingfang Deng
2026-03-18 9:49 ` Guillaume Nault
2026-03-18 10:07 ` Pali Rohár
2026-03-18 10:11 ` Pali Rohár
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