From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D883C4320A for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F07A60ED4 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234204AbhG2GFe (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:05:34 -0400 Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.197]:53763 "EHLO relay5-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233899AbhG2GFd (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:05:33 -0400 Received: (Authenticated sender: ralf@linux-mips.org) by relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A438F1C0004; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:05:27 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:05:25 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB To: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Osterried , Michael Kerrisk , linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] packet.7: Describe SOCK_PACKET netif name length issues and workarounds. Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:52:15PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > Hello Ralf, > > On 7/27/21 10:53 AM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > Describe the issues with SOCK_PACKET possibly truncating network interface > > names in results, solutions and possible workarounds. > > > > While the issue is know for a long time it appears to have never been > > documented properly and is has started to bite software antiques badly since > > the introduction of Predictable Network Interface Names. So let's document > > it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle > > Thanks for the patch! > Please see a few comments below. I'll make an updated version in a week or so. Until then I'm goning to be offline on civil defence duty in German's flood disaster region ... Ralf