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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/veth.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/veth.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c index 2de9b90c5f8f..3b99f64104fd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/veth.c +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c @@ -403,6 +403,17 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL) random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr); + if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME]) + nla_strlcpy(dev->name, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ); + else + snprintf(dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d"); + + if (strchr(dev->name, '%')) { + err = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name); + if (err < 0) + goto err_alloc_name; + } + err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) goto err_register_dev; @@ -422,6 +433,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, err_register_dev: /* nothing to do */ +err_alloc_name: err_configure_peer: unregister_netdevice(peer); return err; |