# Re: \[PATCH v7 03/33\] net: set name\_assign\_type in alloc\_netdev()

- From: Bjørn Mork \<bjorn@mork.no\>
- Date: 2014-07-10 13:27:29 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2014/07/4291648
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2014/07/4291648/t.md

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Tom Gundersen [ref] writes:

> What I suggest to do is:
>
> Leave NET_NAME_UNKNOWN in alloc_etherdev() (and any similar
> constructs), but in the cases where we know that the final name set
> before netdev_register() is some template, I'd still set this to
> NET_NAME_ENUM as we do now to make it clear which cases have been
> reviewed. So the patchset does not change much, but it would eliminate
> any risk of false positives.
>
> Does that sound reasonable to you?

Yes, sure.  Although I'm not at all convinced about the value.  But I
don't need to be, as that is not for me to decide :-)



Bjørn
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