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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d44b8f1964f..4dc93cc4d5b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -751,13 +751,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname)
else
strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
- err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
- if (!err) {
- hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
- hlist_add_head(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(dev->name));
- raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain,
- NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev);
- }
+ device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+ hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
+ hlist_add_head(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(dev->name));
+ raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev);
return err;
}