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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-05-19 17:00:06 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-05-19 17:00:06 +1000 |
| commit | 4c8440666b995f20604852b35dcfdbcc1d5931f1 (patch) | |
| tree | b3b6cd65ee275ba1adf9d2c050063f30ebbadb91 /drivers/net/veth.c | |
| parent | 751e1f5099f1568444fe2485f2485ca541d4952e (diff) | |
| parent | c560bbceaf6b06e52f1ef20131b76a3fdc0a2c19 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-4c8440666b995f20604852b35dcfdbcc1d5931f1.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'merge' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/veth.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/veth.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c index 2de9b90c5f8f..3b99f64104fd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/veth.c +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c @@ -403,6 +403,17 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL) random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr); + if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME]) + nla_strlcpy(dev->name, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ); + else + snprintf(dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d"); + + if (strchr(dev->name, '%')) { + err = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name); + if (err < 0) + goto err_alloc_name; + } + err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) goto err_register_dev; @@ -422,6 +433,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, err_register_dev: /* nothing to do */ +err_alloc_name: err_configure_peer: unregister_netdevice(peer); return err; |