Please do not apply this.
On 10/6/24 19:57, Ivan Safonov wrote:
> register_netdev() does not expands the device name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/core/dev.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index cd479f5f22f6..06b13eef3628 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -10611,10 +10611,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_dummy_netdev);
> * chain. 0 is returned on success. A negative errno code is returned
> * on a failure to set up the device, or if the name is a duplicate.
> *
> - * This is a wrapper around register_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore
> - * and expands the device name if you passed a format string to
> - * alloc_netdev.
> + * This is a wrapper around register_netdevice that takes
> + * the rtnl semaphore.
> */
> +
> int register_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> int err;