netdev - Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net: core: maybe return -EEXIST in __dev_alloc

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Date:   Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:27:58 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, j@...fi, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
        johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net: core: maybe return -EEXIST in
 __dev_alloc_name"

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Sat,  2 Dec 2017 08:41:55 +0100

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> This reverts commit d6f295e9def0; some userspace (in the case
> we noticed it's wpa_supplicant), is relying on the current
> error code to determine that a fixed name interface already
> exists.
> 
> Reported-by: Jouni Malinen <j@...fi>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Applied.