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/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/hostap') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c index 1d9aed6..d508482 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c @@ -79,13 +79,8 @@ struct net_device * hostap_add_interface(struct local_info *local, if (!rtnl_locked) rtnl_lock(); - ret = 0; - if (strchr(dev->name, '%')) - ret = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name); - SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, mdev->dev.parent); - if (ret >= 0) - ret = register_netdevice(dev); + ret = register_netdevice(dev); if (!rtnl_locked) rtnl_unlock(); -- cgit v1.1