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Revert "tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before register_netdevice()" 

This reverts commit 0ad646c81b.

As noticed by Jakub, this is no longer needed after
commit 11fc7d5a0a ("tun: fix memory leak in error path")

This no longer exports dev_get_valid_name() for the exclusive
use of tun driver.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
alistair/sunxi64-5.5-dsi
Eric Dumazet 2019-10-08 14:20:34 -07:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 6ea67769ff
commit bacb7e1855
3 changed files with 2 additions and 9 deletions
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drivers/net/tun.c
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@ -2788,9 +2788,6 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
if (!dev)
return -ENOMEM;
err = dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, name);
if (err < 0)
goto err_free_dev;
dev_net_set(dev, net);
dev->rtnl_link_ops = &tun_link_ops;

3
include/linux/netdevice.h
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@ -4113,9 +4113,6 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
unsigned char name_assign_type,
void (*setup)(struct net_device *),
unsigned int txqs, unsigned int rxqs);
int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
const char *name);
#define alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup) \
alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup, 1, 1)

5
net/core/dev.c
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@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ int dev_alloc_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
const char *name)
static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
const char *name)
{
BUG_ON(!net);
@ -1266,7 +1266,6 @@ int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_valid_name);
/**
* dev_change_name - change name of a device