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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h2
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c16
-rw-r--r--net/sched/sch_generic.c3
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ca333e7..54b8b4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ extern void netdev_class_remove_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr);
extern struct kobj_ns_type_operations net_ns_type_operations;
-extern char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len);
+extern const char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev);
extern void linkwatch_run_queue(void);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9393078..1af6cb2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6264,29 +6264,23 @@ err_name:
/**
* netdev_drivername - network driver for the device
* @dev: network device
- * @buffer: buffer for resulting name
- * @len: size of buffer
*
* Determine network driver for device.
*/
-char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len)
+const char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev)
{
const struct device_driver *driver;
const struct device *parent;
-
- if (len <= 0 || !buffer)
- return buffer;
- buffer[0] = 0;
+ const char *empty = "";
parent = dev->dev.parent;
-
if (!parent)
- return buffer;
+ return empty;
driver = parent->driver;
if (driver && driver->name)
- strlcpy(buffer, driver->name, len);
- return buffer;
+ return driver->name;
+ return empty;
}
static int __netdev_printk(const char *level, const struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index b1721d7..b4c6809 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -251,9 +251,8 @@ static void dev_watchdog(unsigned long arg)
}
if (some_queue_timedout) {
- char drivername[64];
WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_INFO "NETDEV WATCHDOG: %s (%s): transmit queue %u timed out\n",
- dev->name, netdev_drivername(dev, drivername, 64), i);
+ dev->name, netdev_drivername(dev), i);
dev->netdev_ops->ndo_tx_timeout(dev);
}
if (!mod_timer(&dev->watchdog_timer,
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