From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:23:45 +0000 (-0700) Subject: net: remove dev_valid_name() check from __dev_alloc_name() X-Git-Tag: microblaze-v6.8~125^2~55^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.monstr.eu/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=70e1b14c1bcbbb0854311ff8bed6cf4db75d5f05;p=linux-2.6-microblaze.git net: remove dev_valid_name() check from __dev_alloc_name() __dev_alloc_name() is only called by dev_prep_valid_name(), which already checks that name is valid. Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231023152346.3639749-6-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index d2698b4bbad4..0830f2967221 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1077,9 +1077,6 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *res) struct net_device *d; char buf[IFNAMSIZ]; - if (!dev_valid_name(name)) - return -EINVAL; - /* Verify the string as this thing may have come from the user. * There must be one "%d" and no other "%" characters. */