[dpdk-stable] [PATCH v1] net/vdev_netvsc: fix creating short name devices

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2018-04-10 at 07:19 +0000, Ophir Munk wrote:
> Prior to this commit the vdev_netvsc PMD was creating tap and
> failsafe
> devices with long names, such as "net_tap_net_vdev_netvsc0" or
> "net_failsafe_net_vdev_netvsc0".
> Long names containing more than 32 characters may be rejected by some
> APIs (e.g. membuf pool creation).
> This commits fixes this issue by creating tap and failsafe devices
> with short names such as "tap_net_vsc0" or "net_failsafe_vsc0".
> 
> Fixes: e7dc5d7becc5 ("net/vdev_netvsc: implement core functionality")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at mellanox.com>

Has this or a version of this fix been committed to mainline?

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi