This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: loopback: use NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE for name_assign_type
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-loopback-use-net_name_predictable-for-name_assig.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 4699319830727549ab2cf421010226bf92103679
Author: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Nov 23 15:18:28 2022 +0100
net: loopback: use NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE for name_assign_type
[ Upstream commit 31d929de5a112ee1b977a89c57de74710894bbbf ]
When the name_assign_type attribute was introduced (commit
685343fc3ba6, "net: add name_assign_type netdev attribute"), the
loopback device was explicitly mentioned as one which would make use
of NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE:
The name_assign_type attribute gives hints where the interface name of a
given net-device comes from. These values are currently defined:
...
NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE:
The ifname has been assigned by the kernel in a predictable way
that is guaranteed to avoid reuse and always be the same for a
given device. Examples include statically created devices like
the loopback device [...]
Switch to that so that reading /sys/class/net/lo/name_assign_type
produces something sensible instead of returning -EINVAL.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index 1b65f0f975cf..f04f9a87840e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static __net_init int loopback_net_init(struct net *net)
int err;
err = -ENOMEM;
- dev = alloc_netdev(0, "lo", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, loopback_setup);
+ dev = alloc_netdev(0, "lo", NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE, loopback_setup);
if (!dev)
goto out;
