2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a5efc9ae010b..1a59f2173f0a 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, ".")
@@ -3270,6 +3270,7 @@ 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);
diff --git a/net/core/utils.c b/net/core/utils.c
index 7b5970fc9e40..587eb7787deb 100644
--- a/net/core/utils.c
+++ b/net/core/utils.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ __u32 in_aton(const char *str)
                 if (*str != '\0')
                 {
                         val = 0;
-                        while (*str != '\0' && *str != '.')
+                        while (*str != '\0' && *str != '.' && *str != '\n')
                         {
                                 val *= 10;
                                 val += *str - '0';