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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 3bacee3bee78..707de6b841d0 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1163,22 +1163,6 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) net = dev_net(dev); - /* Some auto-enslaved devices e.g. failover slaves are - * special, as userspace might rename the device after - * the interface had been brought up and running since - * the point kernel initiated auto-enslavement. Allow - * live name change even when these slave devices are - * up and running. - * - * Typically, users of these auto-enslaving devices - * don't actually care about slave name change, as - * they are supposed to operate on master interface - * directly. - */ - if (dev->flags & IFF_UP && - likely(!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK))) - return -EBUSY; - down_write(&devnet_rename_sem); if (strncmp(newname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) { @@ -1195,7 +1179,8 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) } if (oldname[0] && !strchr(oldname, '%')) - netdev_info(dev, "renamed from %s\n", oldname); + netdev_info(dev, "renamed from %s%s\n", oldname, + dev->flags & IFF_UP ? " (while UP)" : ""); old_assign_type = dev->name_assign_type; dev->name_assign_type = NET_NAME_RENAMED; |