1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 01ee854454a8..0e0ba36eeac9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
 int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
                        const char *name)
 {
-        return dev_alloc_name_ns(net, dev, name);
+        BUG_ON(!net);
+
+        if (!dev_valid_name(name))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        if (strchr(name, '%'))
+                return dev_alloc_name_ns(net, dev, name);
+        else if (__dev_get_by_name(net, name))
+                return -EEXIST;
+        else if (dev->name != name)
+                strlcpy(dev->name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
+
+        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_valid_name);