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>
This commit is contained in:
Jiri Pirko
2011-04-30 01:21:32 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent e892067497
commit 1c5cae815d
20 changed files with 12 additions and 134 deletions
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@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ static int __init dummy_init_one(void)
if (!dev_dummy)
return -ENOMEM;
err = dev_alloc_name(dev_dummy, dev_dummy->name);
if (err < 0)
goto err;
dev_dummy->rtnl_link_ops = &dummy_link_ops;
err = register_netdevice(dev_dummy);
if (err < 0)