netdev - [PATCH net-next] core: Simplify logic in dev

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Message-ID: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D174856D6@AcuExch.aculab.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:51:17 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] core: Simplify logic in dev_load().

The code in dev_load() is convoluted.
Return early and remove the 'no_module' variable.
---

Note that this patch will only apply after the one that adds the
check for name[0].

 net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 84edf16..4b7ab54 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd)
 void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	int no_module;
 
 	if (!name[0])
 		return;
@@ -364,15 +363,15 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, name);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (dev)
+		return;
 
-	no_module = !dev;
-	if (no_module && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-		no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
-	if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
-		if (!request_module("%s", name))
-			pr_warn("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
-				name);
-	}
+	if (capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) && !request_module("netdev-%s", name))
+		return;
+
+	if (capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE) && !request_module("%s", name))
+		pr_warn("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
+			name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);
 
-- 
1.8.1.2



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