Kernel/linux
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git synced 2025-01-07 22:03:14 +00:00
Code Issues Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

ppp: use the correct function to check if a netdev name is in use

Browse Source 
A new helper to detect if a net device name is in use was added. Use it
here as the return reference from __dev_get_by_name was discarded.

Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Antoine Tenart 2021-10-07 18:16:52 +02:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent caa9b35fad
commit d03eb9787d
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

2
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
View File

@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ static int ppp_unit_register(struct ppp *ppp, int unit, bool ifname_is_set)
if (!ifname_is_set) {
while (1) {
snprintf(ppp->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, "ppp%i", ret);
if (!__dev_get_by_name(ppp->ppp_net, ppp->dev->name))
if (!netdev_name_in_use(ppp->ppp_net, ppp->dev->name))
break;
unit_put(&pn->units_idr, ret);
ret = unit_get(&pn->units_idr, ppp, ret + 1);