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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index fc1e289397f5..faebb398fb46 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -792,6 +792,40 @@ struct net_device *dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex) EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_index); /** + * netdev_get_name - get a netdevice name, knowing its ifindex. + * @net: network namespace + * @name: a pointer to the buffer where the name will be stored. + * @ifindex: the ifindex of the interface to get the name from. + * + * The use of raw_seqcount_begin() and cond_resched() before + * retrying is required as we want to give the writers a chance + * to complete when CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set. + */ +int netdev_get_name(struct net *net, char *name, int ifindex) +{ + struct net_device *dev; + unsigned int seq; + +retry: + seq = raw_seqcount_begin(&devnet_rename_seq); + rcu_read_lock(); + dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifindex); + if (!dev) { + rcu_read_unlock(); + return -ENODEV; + } + + strcpy(name, dev->name); + rcu_read_unlock(); + if (read_seqcount_retry(&devnet_rename_seq, seq)) { + cond_resched(); + goto retry; + } + + return 0; +} + +/** * dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu - find a device by its hardware address * @net: the applicable net namespace * @type: media type of device |