netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before register

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Message-ID: <20191008210332.3d8fcdae@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 21:03:32 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before
 register_netdevice()"

On Tue,  8 Oct 2019 14:20:34 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> This reverts commit 0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d.
> 
> As noticed by Jakub, this is no longer needed after
> commit 11fc7d5a0a2d ("tun: fix memory leak in error path")
> 
> This no longer exports dev_get_valid_name() for the exclusive
> use of tun driver.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thank you!!