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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-05-05 14:59:02 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-05-05 14:59:02 -0700
commit7143b7d41218d4fc2ea33e6056c73609527ae687 (patch)
tree9a842daee1deb57a2c8084bc5d300f6d8428fe34 /drivers/net/veth.c
parent90864fbc7639d7a2300c67a18c9fb9fbcf7d51d2 (diff)
parent87e9af6cc67d842cd92b52b81f3f14e665e7ab05 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/tg3.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/veth.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index cbe953a5bf5a..3b0151a2a31b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -368,6 +368,17 @@ 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;
@@ -387,6 +398,7 @@ 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;