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
84c49d8c3e

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Jiri Pirko
2011-04-30 01:21:32 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
szülő e892067497
commit 1c5cae815d
20 fájl változott, egészen pontosan 12 új sor hozzáadva és 134 régi sor törölve

Fájl megtekintése

@@ -516,10 +516,6 @@ static int bpq_new_device(struct net_device *edev)
memcpy(bpq->dest_addr, bcast_addr, sizeof(bpq_eth_addr));
memcpy(bpq->acpt_addr, bcast_addr, sizeof(bpq_eth_addr));
err = dev_alloc_name(ndev, ndev->name);
if (err < 0)
goto error;
err = register_netdevice(ndev);
if (err)
goto error;