From 6224abda0db8845756571833744d4414f144ecb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rasmus Villemoes Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:15:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: core: drop pointless check in __dev_alloc_name The only caller passes a stack buffer as buf, so it won't equal the passed-in name. Moreover, we're already using buf as a scratch buffer inside the if (p) {} block, so if buf and name were the same, that snprintf() call would be overwriting its own format string. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 7580c2046c95..4cedc7595f1f 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1095,8 +1095,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf) free_page((unsigned long) inuse); } - if (buf != name) - snprintf(buf, IFNAMSIZ, name, i); + snprintf(buf, IFNAMSIZ, name, i); if (!__dev_get_by_name(net, buf)) return i; -- 2.30.2