1 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 6cc0481faade..5b7d0e1d0664 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 
 static int dev_ifname(struct net *net, struct ifreq __user *arg)
 {
-        struct net_device *dev;
         struct ifreq ifr;
-        unsigned seq;
+        int error;
 
         /*
          *      Fetch the caller's info block.
@@ -30,19 +29,9 @@ static int dev_ifname(struct net *net, struct ifreq __user *arg)
         if (copy_from_user(&ifr, arg, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
-retry:
-        seq = read_seqcount_begin(&devnet_rename_seq);
-        rcu_read_lock();
-        dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifr.ifr_ifindex);
-        if (!dev) {
-                rcu_read_unlock();
-                return -ENODEV;
-        }
-
-        strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev->name);
-        rcu_read_unlock();
-        if (read_seqcount_retry(&devnet_rename_seq, seq))
-                goto retry;
+        error = netdev_get_name(net, ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_ifindex);
+        if (error)
+                return error;
 
         if (copy_to_user(arg, &ifr, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
                 return -EFAULT;