2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 936f8b76114..4fceff0e59e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ extern int		netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int              netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb);
 #define HAVE_NETIF_RECEIVE_SKB 1
 extern int              netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern int              dev_valid_name(const char *name);
 extern int              dev_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *);
 extern int              dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *);
 extern unsigned         dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0b48e294aaf..94e642ee6e2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ struct net_device * dev_get_by_flags(unsigned short if_flags, unsigned short mas
  *      Network device names need to be valid file names to
  *      to allow sysfs to work
  */
-static int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
+int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
         return !(*name == '\0' 
                  || !strcmp(name, ".")
@@ -3269,6 +3269,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_index);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_remove_pack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_linearize);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_valid_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_add_pack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);