From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] utils: do not be restrictive about alternate network device names
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:54:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa3ba651-67a8-4cde-b9d2-da2d89111341@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251221174945.8346-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
On 12/21/25 10:49 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The kernel does not impose restrictions on alternate interface
> names; therefore ip commands should not either.
>
> This allows colon, slash, even .. as alternate names.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
> lib/utils.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
applied to iproute2-next. I wonder if the checks should be removed from
iproute2 and left to the kernel logic to decide if the name is valid.
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2025-12-21 17:49 [PATCH iproute2] utils: do not be restrictive about alternate network device names Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-07 16:54 ` David Ahern [this message]
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