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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c7
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 177f911f5946..da866523cf20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -379,12 +379,6 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
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;
@@ -404,7 +398,6 @@ 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;