[PATCH v3 02/26] wpa_supplicant: ctrl handle IFNAME for global iface

[Jouni Malinen]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 01:14:05PM +0100, Janusz Dziedzic wrote:
> In case of global ctrl iface return "global" as
> a result of IFNAME.

Why would this be done? "global" looks like a valid netdev name and
getting "UNKNOWN COMMAND" response would already be available for
recognizing the global interface.

> +	} else if (os_strncmp(buf, "IFNAME", 6) == 0) {

Please also note that this would match any string starting with
"IFNAME". That does not sound correct regardless of whether there is
use in returning the fixed "global" response.
 
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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA