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>
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@@ -233,10 +233,6 @@ static int __init ifb_init_one(int index)
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if (!dev_ifb)
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return -ENOMEM;
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err = dev_alloc_name(dev_ifb, dev_ifb->name);
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if (err < 0)
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goto err;
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dev_ifb->rtnl_link_ops = &ifb_link_ops;
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err = register_netdevice(dev_ifb);
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if (err < 0)
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