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@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
index 0edb535..fc433f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(frad);
pvc_device *pvc;
struct net_device *dev;
- int result, used;
+ int used;
if ((pvc = add_pvc(frad, dlci)) == NULL) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Memory squeeze on fr_add_pvc()\n",
@@ -1106,13 +1106,6 @@
dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
dev->ml_priv = pvc;
- result = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name);
- if (result < 0) {
- free_netdev(dev);
- delete_unused_pvcs(hdlc);
- return result;
- }
-
if (register_netdevice(dev) != 0) {
free_netdev(dev);
delete_unused_pvcs(hdlc);
