Hi! > From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > [ 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. This was already part of the previous autosel: Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 04:51:42 -0500 From: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 3/3] net: loopback: use NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE for name_assign_type X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.35.1 From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 31d929de5a112ee1b977a89c57de74710894bbbf ] Best regards, Pavel -- People of Russia, stop Putin before his war on Ukraine escalates.
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