net: call dev_alloc_name from register_netdevice

Force dev_alloc_name() to be called from register_netdevice() by
dev_get_valid_name(). That allows to remove multiple explicit
dev_alloc_name() calls.

The possibility to call dev_alloc_name in advance remains.

This also fixes veth creation regresion caused by
84c49d8c3e4abefb0a41a77b25aa37ebe8d6b743

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
index c5971880e7b..d16cea770fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -706,10 +706,6 @@ static struct mwifiex_private *mwifiex_add_interface(
                 dev_err(adapter->dev, "no memory available for netdevice\n");
                 goto error;
         }
-        if (dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name)) {
-                dev_err(adapter->dev, "unable to alloc name for netdevice\n");
-                goto error;
-        }
 
         if (mwifiex_register_cfg80211(dev, adapter->priv[bss_index]->curr_addr,
                                       adapter->priv[bss_index]) != 0) {