linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: Remove the dup_errno parameter in dev_prep_valid

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Message-ID: <ZnGURZgU5sRkTvPm@nanopsycho.orion>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:05:57 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: Remove the dup_errno parameter in
 dev_prep_valid_name()

Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 03:17:43PM CEST, yajun.deng@...ux.dev wrote:
>netdev_name_in_use() return -EEXIST makes more sense if it's not NULL.
>But dev_alloc_name() should keep the -ENFILE errno.
>
>Remove the dup_errno parameter in dev_prep_valid_name() and add a
>conditional operator to dev_alloc_name(), replace -EEXIST with
>-ENFILE.
>
>Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>

Why not.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>