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Re: [PATCH 2.6.20] kobject net ifindex + rename

From: Jarek Poplawski <hidden>
Date: 2007-02-28 09:30:57
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On 28-02-2007 02:27, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
	Hi all,
...
	Patch for 2.6.20 is attached. The patch was tested on a system
running the hotplug scripts, and on another system running udev.

	Have fun...

	Jean

Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <redacted>

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diff -u -p linux/net/core/net-sysfs.j1.c linux/net/core/net-sysfs.c
--- linux/net/core/net-sysfs.j1.c	2007-02-27 15:01:08.000000000 -0800
+++ linux/net/core/net-sysfs.c	2007-02-27 15:06:49.000000000 -0800
@@ -412,6 +412,17 @@ static int netdev_uevent(struct class_de
 	if ((size <= 0) || (i >= num_envp))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/* pass ifindex to uevent.
+	 * ifindex is useful as it won't change (interface name may change)
+	 * and is what RtNetlink uses natively. */
+	envp[i++] = buf;
+	n = snprintf(buf, size, "IFINDEX=%d", dev->ifindex) + 1;
+	buf += n;
+	size -= n;
+
+	if ((size <= 0) || (i >= num_envp))
Btw.:
1. if size == 10 and snprintf returns 9 (without NULL)
   then n == 10 (with NULL), so isn't it enough (here and above):
 
	if ((size < 0) || (i >= num_envp))

2. shouldn't there be (here and above):
 
		envp[--i] = NULL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
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diff -u -p linux/drivers/base/class.j1.c linux/drivers/base/class.c
--- linux/drivers/base/class.j1.c	2007-02-26 18:38:10.000000000 -0800
+++ linux/drivers/base/class.c	2007-02-27 15:52:37.000000000 -0800
@@ -841,6 +841,8 @@ int class_device_rename(struct class_dev
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	char *old_class_name = NULL, *new_class_name = NULL;
+	char *devname_string = NULL;
+	char *envp[2];
 
 	class_dev = class_device_get(class_dev);
 	if (!class_dev)
@@ -849,6 +851,15 @@ int class_device_rename(struct class_dev
 	pr_debug("CLASS: renaming '%s' to '%s'\n", class_dev->class_id,
 		 new_name);
 
+	devname_string = kmalloc(strlen(class_dev->class_id) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!devname_string) {
+		class_device_put(class_dev);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	sprintf(devname_string, "INTERFACE_OLD=%s", class_dev->class_id);
+	envp[0] = devname_string;
+	envp[1] = NULL;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 	if (class_dev->dev)
 		old_class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
@@ -868,8 +879,16 @@ int class_device_rename(struct class_dev
 		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, old_class_name);
 	}
 #endif
+
+	/* This function is only used for network interface.
+	 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
+	 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
+	if(!error)
+		kobject_uevent_env(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_RENAME, envp);
+
 	class_device_put(class_dev);
 
+	kfree(devname_string);
Maybe I miss something, but it seems kobject_uevent_env copies
pointers from envp instead of buffers' contents.

Regards,
Jarek P.
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