1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a5efc9ae010b..5081287923d5 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, ".")
@@ -3270,13 +3270,13 @@ 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);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_flags);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_index);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_name);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_ioctl);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_open);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_queue_xmit);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_remove_pack);