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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index ea23353e6251..3ed09f8ecbf8 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -5437,6 +5437,10 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) dev->iflink = -1; + ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name); + if (ret < 0) + goto out; + /* Init, if this function is available */ if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init) { ret = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init(dev); @@ -5447,10 +5451,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) } } - ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name); - if (ret < 0) - goto err_uninit; - dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); if (dev->iflink == -1) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; |