There's no need to verify that cfg->ifname is unique at this point.
register_netdev() will return -EEXIST if asked to create a device with
a name that's alrealy in use.
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
}
if (cfg->ifname) {
- dev = dev_get_by_name(net, cfg->ifname);
- if (dev) {
- dev_put(dev);
- rc = -EEXIST;
- goto out;
- }
strlcpy(name, cfg->ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER;
} else {