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[204.195.22.127])\n\tby smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id\n\tn186sm107213303pfn.137.2019.01.11.10.07.06\n\t(version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128);\n\tFri, 11 Jan 2019 10:07:06 -0800 (PST)" ], "DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;\n\td=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623;\n\th=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version\n\t:content-transfer-encoding;\n\tbh=I8GmCa+eD9EUeqxSV7DmRDihC3d7WjJNPCzsViZNuMA=;\n\tb=nczt/gz1Byqd5HmWgkc/ze4/0fYwtl3K+NMDJQgHN2qZtyUJ1gbhEyjJpGtZH6U3pO\n\tnmj6uJUiTWlvbxRN1IQOg0aTo5iyCjZZnNTOBUXZsunPNifDnfjcdd444QiEu6ul3W7Z\n\tOEYHjf0zjnBNMpn2XBVCU1gYdFckJIVoXrkJEIpGbjPwEfBUCnk4gN3F1tt5C2AbIK61\n\tjKMsDaRydVBUFh8UDxFfxaIcf4XvgdLXvoTi0cqbq/2TAVmokkhzWJRIRZ0ChJ/kgLZM\n\tfplBSYbOG8n1O3KLVdziPI8MBVZUzic0PrckCV24poEaUTvdSEPP2jdXSO+/n/JHAuvC\n\tMjfg==", "X-Google-DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;\n\td=1e100.net; s=20161025;\n\th=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version\n\t:content-transfer-encoding;\n\tbh=I8GmCa+eD9EUeqxSV7DmRDihC3d7WjJNPCzsViZNuMA=;\n\tb=NZn+pjgGE8HI8QaCgLP0ekIrszpeDefmIE2Hcp6WAiTHVID8gbE257DCM9YPgiG1fK\n\t6zkTmYuXk9QcJiYlGOHfUc6qi6EWLnY8tUZx4ohw/KdytexTTnyUDRUT0qClqQjTK4+d\n\tF+OnVtO1JJDcQDebDoDh4zE6Cs+aFkeRQ9UswKWPFd6XYp8eGkAF/A2NovxEkmfnDufa\n\tH5JIV+2+++fw/FAy9qvKz23QK8No+dDWzpSQOW559Abfa9F5Chq4GKlNhTlsEnJMcIw9\n\tNouIClR7B7ZVLj/ABLjdZU2iuvZ0WWoclfv75Y8k1FUTos658A9tQbl0VBLn8bI2zQon\n\trv+g==", "X-Gm-Message-State": "AJcUukdy0lDWZdE1KfCzeq9str7dfhCjGfRD1WCPr3TcvFAtGK0irz8h\n\thBQEAj57DdSnrIaMmgcJksBkevxlq6c=", "X-Google-Smtp-Source": "ALg8bN4VdmNTwBNvPpi4Xv72LcXyDqT/qEcNkw0AXVgLOWjz3I/8BpZxuOHf/P2HizlHACHRD9IZOQ==", "X-Received": "by 2002:a62:33c1:: with SMTP id\n\tz184mr15463110pfz.104.1547230027774; \n\tFri, 11 Jan 2019 10:07:07 -0800 (PST)", "From": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>", "To": "dev@dpdk.org", "Cc": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>", "Date": "Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:06:53 -0800", "Message-Id": "<20190111180659.5972-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.20.1", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] net/tap: fixes and cleanups", "X-BeenThere": "dev@dpdk.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.15", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "dev-bounces@dpdk.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>" }, "content": "The tap device (used by vdev_netvsc on Azure) has a bug that\nprevents it working with primary/secondary process model because\nthe device name generation assumed a single process. The fix for\nthis is to have the kernel assign the device name (patch #5).\n\nWhile investigating this, found a number of other small issues\nthat should be cleaned up as well.\n\nStephen Hemminger (6):\n net/tap: use strlcpy for interface name\n net/tap: allow full length names\n net/tap: check interface name in kvargs\n net/tap: lower the priority of log messages\n net/tap: let kernel choose tun device name\n net/tap: get rid of global tuntap_name\n\n drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------\n 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)" }