netdev - Re: [PATCH net] core: Don't attempt to load the "" driver.

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Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:25:24 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] core: Don't attempt to load the "" driver.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:48 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote:
> While the applications shouldn't be calling an SIOCxxx ioctl with ifr_name[0] == 0
> the kernel shouldn't be tracing the error either.
>

Why don't we reject this empty string? It doesn't look like a valid one.
I assume this is for compatibility?
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