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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c15
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index bbfb02b4a228..d2698b4bbad4 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1119,18 +1119,11 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *res)
i = find_first_zero_bit(inuse, max_netdevices);
bitmap_free(inuse);
+ if (i == max_netdevices)
+ return -ENFILE;
- snprintf(buf, IFNAMSIZ, name, i);
- if (!netdev_name_in_use(net, buf)) {
- strscpy(res, buf, IFNAMSIZ);
- return i;
- }
-
- /* It is possible to run out of possible slots
- * when the name is long and there isn't enough space left
- * for the digits, or if all bits are used.
- */
- return -ENFILE;
+ snprintf(res, IFNAMSIZ, name, i);
+ return i;
}
/* Returns negative errno or allocated unit id (see __dev_alloc_name()) */