From d6f295e9def0bee85b37bdffb95153721935c342 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rasmus Villemoes Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:15:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: core: maybe return -EEXIST in __dev_alloc_name If we're given format string with no %d, -EEXIST is a saner error code. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index cb3d95edf58d..1bb856eaed1c 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf) * when the name is long and there isn't enough space left * for the digits, or if all bits are used. */ - return -ENFILE; + return p ? -ENFILE : -EEXIST; } static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net,