1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
index 8ce7b2d2cf3..1741d2c7e1f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -924,6 +924,14 @@ in
       (flip map interfaces (i: {
         assertion = i.subnetMask == null;
         message = "The networking.interfaces.${i.name}.subnetMask option is defunct. Use prefixLength instead.";
+      })) ++ (flip map interfaces (i: {
+        # With the linux kernel, interface name length is limited by IFNAMSIZ
+        # to 16 bytes, including the trailing null byte.
+        # See include/linux/if.h in the kernel sources
+        assertion = stringLength i.name < 16;
+        message = ''
+          The name of networking.interfaces."${i.name}" is too long, it needs to be less than 16 characters.
+        '';
       })) ++ (flip map slaveIfs (i: {
         assertion = i.ip4 == [ ] && i.ipAddress == null && i.ip6 == [ ] && i.ipv6Address == null;
         message = "The networking.interfaces.${i.name} must not have any defined ips when it is a slave.";