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[NET] dev_change_name: ignore changes to same name
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:53:42 +0000 (03:53 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:53:42 +0000 (03:53 -0700)
commitc8d90dca3211966ba5189e0f3d4bccd558d9ae08
tree37df506f4905cf5a4dbd64c0680d8b98e9166c4b
parent8c56a347c1dfbe384b1ffb65d8828faa36dbaea4
[NET] dev_change_name: ignore changes to same name

Prevent error/backtrace from dev_rename() when changing
name of network device to the same name. This is a common
situation with udev and other scripts that bind addr to device.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/dev.c