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veth: remove redundant call of dev_alloc_name

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it's called in the following register_netdevice. No need to call it
here.
Tested with "ip link add type veth" and "ip link add xxx%d type veth".

Signed-off-by: Hong Zhiguo <honkiko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Hong zhi guo 2013-06-09 20:15:20 +08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 7a6e288d27
commit 3f8b96379a
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drivers/net/veth.c
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@ -379,12 +379,6 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
else
snprintf(dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d");
if (strchr(dev->name, '%')) {
err = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name);
if (err < 0)
goto err_alloc_name;
}
err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (err < 0)
goto err_register_dev;
@ -404,7 +398,6 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
err_register_dev:
/* nothing to do */
err_alloc_name:
err_configure_peer:
unregister_netdevice(peer);
return err;