> commit 1c5cae815d19ffe02bdfda1260949ef2b1806171 > Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat Apr 30 01:21:32 2011 +0000 > > 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 <jpirko@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > This patch is now obsolete... Hi John, Thanks for the info. Please revert this patch then. Regards, Bing > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 06:00:18PM -0700, Bing Zhao wrote: >> From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> In failure case dev_alloc_name() returns negative errno code. >> This patch corrects the check used for handling error path.-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
