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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index d44b8f1964f..4dc93cc4d5b 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -751,13 +751,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname) else strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ); - err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name); - if (!err) { - hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist); - hlist_add_head(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(dev->name)); - raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, - NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev); - } + device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name); + hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist); + hlist_add_head(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(dev->name)); + raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev); return err; } |