From 1c5cae815d19ffe02bdfda1260949ef2b1806171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Pirko Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:21:32 +0000 Subject: net: call dev_alloc_name from register_netdevice Force dev_alloc_name() to be called from register_netdevice() by dev_get_valid_name(). That allows to remove multiple explicit dev_alloc_name() calls. The possibility to call dev_alloc_name in advance remains. This also fixes veth creation regresion caused by 84c49d8c3e4abefb0a41a77b25aa37ebe8d6b743 Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/dummy.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/dummy.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/dummy.c b/drivers/net/dummy.c index ff2d29b17858..39cf9b9bd673 100644 --- a/drivers/net/dummy.c +++ b/drivers/net/dummy.c @@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init dummy_init_one(void) if (!dev_dummy) return -ENOMEM; - err = dev_alloc_name(dev_dummy, dev_dummy->name); - if (err < 0) - goto err; - dev_dummy->rtnl_link_ops = &dummy_link_ops; err = register_netdevice(dev_dummy); if (err < 0) -- cgit v1.2.3