[PATCH] get rid of dev_get in wanrouter
From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2003-09-16 00:10:36
This call to dev_get() is racy and unnecessary because register_netdevice checks if device already exists. diff -Nru a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
--- a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c Mon Sep 15 17:06:43 2003
+++ b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c Mon Sep 15 17:06:43 2003@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ if (dev->name == NULL) { err = -EINVAL; - } else if (dev_get(dev->name)) { - err = -EEXIST; /* name already exists */ } else { #ifdef WANDEBUG