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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/can/slcan.c27
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
index 1b49df6b2470..aa8ad73477ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
@@ -473,12 +473,10 @@ static void slc_sync(void)
static struct slcan *slc_alloc(dev_t line)
{
int i;
+ char name[IFNAMSIZ];
struct net_device *dev = NULL;
struct slcan *sl;
- if (slcan_devs == NULL)
- return NULL; /* Master array missing ! */
-
for (i = 0; i < maxdev; i++) {
dev = slcan_devs[i];
if (dev == NULL)
@@ -490,25 +488,12 @@ static struct slcan *slc_alloc(dev_t line)
if (i >= maxdev)
return NULL;
- if (dev) {
- sl = netdev_priv(dev);
- if (test_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags)) {
- unregister_netdevice(dev);
- dev = NULL;
- slcan_devs[i] = NULL;
- }
- }
-
- if (!dev) {
- char name[IFNAMSIZ];
- sprintf(name, "slcan%d", i);
-
- dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*sl), name, slc_setup);
- if (!dev)
- return NULL;
- dev->base_addr = i;
- }
+ sprintf(name, "slcan%d", i);
+ dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*sl), name, slc_setup);
+ if (!dev)
+ return NULL;
+ dev->base_addr = i;
sl = netdev_priv(dev);
/* Initialize channel control data */