1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8f9710c62e20..45109b70664e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name)
                 return false;
 
         while (*name) {
-                if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name))
+                if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name))
                         return false;
                 name++;
         }
@@ -2848,7 +2848,9 @@ static void skb_update_prio(struct sk_buff *skb)
 #define skb_update_prio(skb)
 #endif
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xmit_recursion);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xmit_recursion);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xmit_recursion);
+
 #define RECURSION_LIMIT 10
 
 /**