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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tun.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h3
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c5
3 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 1e541b08b13636..0413d182d7821c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2788,9 +2788,6 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
if (!dev)
return -ENOMEM;
- err = dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, name);
- if (err < 0)
- goto err_free_dev;
dev_net_set(dev, net);
dev->rtnl_link_ops = &tun_link_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index fe45b2c72315f4..3207e0b9ec4e30 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4113,9 +4113,6 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
unsigned char name_assign_type,
void (*setup)(struct net_device *),
unsigned int txqs, unsigned int rxqs);
-int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
- const char *name);
-
#define alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup) \
alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup, 1, 1)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7d05e042c6bade..8bc3dce71fc08e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ int dev_alloc_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
-int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
- const char *name)
+static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+ const char *name)
{
BUG_ON(!net);
@@ -1266,7 +1266,6 @@ int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
return 0;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_valid_name);
/**
* dev_change_name - change name of a device