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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 296331257195..5a160f4a1ba0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1572,12 +1572,6 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *src_net, struct net *net,
dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING;
dev->real_num_tx_queues = real_num_queues;
- if (strchr(dev->name, '%')) {
- err = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name);
- if (err < 0)
- goto err_free;
- }
-
if (tb[IFLA_MTU])
dev->mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])
@@ -1597,8 +1591,6 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *src_net, struct net *net,
return dev;
-err_free:
- free_netdev(dev);
err:
return ERR_PTR(err);
}