tree d47a73c05afacd21985abb8df9862136385c58f0
parent e8920674979705392abc4db4ebbe78feb68a4da1
author Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> 1304126492 +0000
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1304618265 -0700

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>