Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Rasmus Villemoes <> | Subject | [PATCH 6/7] net: core: maybe return -EEXIST in __dev_alloc_name | Date | Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:15:09 +0100 |
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If we're given format string with no %d, -EEXIST is a saner error code.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index c0a92cf27566..7c08b4ca7b76 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf) * when the name is long and there isn't enough space left * for the digits, or if all bits are used. */ - return -ENFILE; + return p ? -ENFILE : -EEXIST; } static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net, -- 2.11.0
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