2 files changed, 2 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index f6bdcad47da6..851eb927ed97 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #define NEIGH_DEBUG 1
 
@@ -2592,7 +2593,7 @@ int neigh_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *p,
                 t->neigh_vars[17].extra1 = dev;
         }
 
-        dev_name = net_sysctl_strdup(dev_name_source);
+        dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name_source, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!dev_name) {
                 err = -ENOBUFS;
                 goto free;
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index c8be646cb191..880a88815211 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@ extern int sysctl_somaxconn;
 extern char sysctl_divert_version[];
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_DIVERT */
 
-/*
- * This strdup() is used for creating copies of network 
- * device names to be handed over to sysctl.
- */
- 
-char *net_sysctl_strdup(const char *s)
-{
-        char *rv = kmalloc(strlen(s)+1, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (rv)
-                strcpy(rv, s);
-        return rv;
-}
-
 ctl_table core_table[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
         {
@@ -177,6 +164,4 @@ ctl_table core_table[] = {
         { .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_sysctl_strdup);
-
 #endif