Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: Remove the dup_errno parameter in dev_prep_valid_name()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:17:43 +0800 Yajun Deng wrote:
> netdev_name_in_use() return -EEXIST makes more sense if it's not NULL.

netdev_name_in_use() returns bool.

> But dev_alloc_name() should keep the -ENFILE errno.

And it does.

I don't understand what problem you're trying to fix.
The code is fine as is.