net: remove dev_valid_name() check from __dev_alloc_name()

__dev_alloc_name() is only called by dev_prep_valid_name(),
which already checks that name is valid.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231023152346.3639749-6-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d2698b4bbad4f7a7150580a7c994ef71b7812912..0830f29672214eb62d05a4ed322de60cc30e583e 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1077,9 +1077,6 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *res)
        struct net_device *d;
        char buf[IFNAMSIZ];
 
-       if (!dev_valid_name(name))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
        /* Verify the string as this thing may have come from the user.
         * There must be one "%d" and no other "%" characters.
         */