2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Matthew Thode <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit a4176a9391868bfa87705bcd2e3b49e9b9dd2996 ]

colons are used as a separator in netdev device lookup in dev_ioctl.c

Specific functions are SIOCGIFTXQLEN SIOCETHTOOL SIOCSIFNAME

Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit d501ebeb7da7531e92e3c8d194730341c314ff2d)

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <[email protected]>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d250444..0767b17 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
                return 0;
 
        while (*name) {
-               if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name))
+               if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name))
                        return 0;
                name++;
        }
-- 
1.7.12.2.21.g234cd45.dirty



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