The nl80211 interface allows creating new netdevs from user-space. The
name is *always* provided by user-space, so we should set NET_NAME_USER to
provide that information via sysfs.
This allows udev to not rename dynamically created wifi devices (like wifi
P2P devices).
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/iface.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index ce1c443..35561bd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
+ IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_HEADROOM;
ndev->needed_tailroom = IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_TAILROOM;
+ ndev->name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER;
ret = dev_alloc_name(ndev, ndev->name);
if (ret < 0) {
free_netdev(ndev);
--
1.9.0
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