Re: [PATCH net-next 0/1] netvsc: another VF datapath fix

On Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:03:05 +0200
Vitaly Kuznetsov [off-list ref] wrote:

Stephen Hemminger [off-list ref] writes:

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The following would allow udev a chance at the device.
 

This would of course work but the approach is a bit hackish and can
still fail on a loaded system. Raising the pause interval would be an
option, but again, probably not the best one.

Let me try to send an RFC removing the check it dev_change_name() and if
it turns out that it can't be removed we can go back to your patch. But
in case it can we can leave without it.

Thanks,

I don't want to require change of semantics of core networking code
for one driver. Changing name of up device has been blocked for so
long that allowing it might break existing userspace apps. It might
be ok in the future, but netvsc needs to work without that change.