net: call dev_alloc_name from register_netdevice
authorJiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:21:32 +0000 (01:21 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 5 May 2011 17:57:45 +0000 (10:57 -0700)
Force dev_alloc_name() to be called from register_netdevice() by
dev_get_valid_name(). That allows to remove multiple explicit
dev_alloc_name() calls.

The possibility to call dev_alloc_name in advance remains.

This also fixes veth creation regresion caused by
84c49d8c3e4abefb0a41a77b25aa37ebe8d6b743

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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