From 70e1b14c1bcbbb0854311ff8bed6cf4db75d5f05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:23:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231023152346.3639749-6-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/core/dev.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index d2698b4bbad4..0830f2967221 100644 --- 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. */ -- 2.49.0