From 029b6d1405504984b9d2661110ff1a17467d3426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 08:41:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "net: core: maybe return -EEXIST in __dev_alloc_name" This reverts commit d6f295e9def0; some userspace (in the case we noticed it's wpa_supplicant), is relying on the current error code to determine that a fixed name interface already exists. Reported-by: Jouni Malinen Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 07ed21d64f92..f47e96b62308 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf) * when the name is long and there isn't enough space left * for the digits, or if all bits are used. */ - return p ? -ENFILE : -EEXIST; + return -ENFILE; } static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net, -- 2.30.2