netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: remove dev_valid_name() check from __dev_alloc

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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:39:09 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, johannes.berg@...el.com, mpe@...erman.id.au,
	j@...fi
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: remove dev_valid_name() check from
 __dev_alloc_name()

Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 03:18:55AM CEST, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
>__dev_alloc_name() is only called by dev_prep_valid_name(),
>which already checks that name is valid.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

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