From c2373ee98982a1c842dfb213c398f388d4227e63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitch Williams Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:34:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] net: make dev_valid_name public dev_valid_name() is a useful function. Make it public. Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 + net/core/dev.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 936f8b7611..4fceff0e59 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ extern int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb); extern int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb); #define HAVE_NETIF_RECEIVE_SKB 1 extern int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb); +extern int dev_valid_name(const char *name); extern int dev_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *); extern int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *); extern unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *); diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 0b48e294aa..94e642ee6e 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ struct net_device * dev_get_by_flags(unsigned short if_flags, unsigned short mas * Network device names need to be valid file names to * to allow sysfs to work */ -static int dev_valid_name(const char *name) +int dev_valid_name(const char *name) { return !(*name == '\0' || !strcmp(name, ".") @@ -3269,6 +3269,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_index); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_name); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_remove_pack); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_linearize); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_valid_name); EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_add_pack); EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name); EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close); -- 2.39.5