Re: [PATCH] net: fix register_netdev description

[Ivan Safonov]

Please do not apply this.

On 10/6/24 19:57, Ivan Safonov wrote:
> register_netdev() does not expands the device name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   net/core/dev.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index cd479f5f22f6..06b13eef3628 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -10611,10 +10611,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_dummy_netdev);
>    *	chain. 0 is returned on success. A negative errno code is returned
>    *	on a failure to set up the device, or if the name is a duplicate.
>    *
> - *	This is a wrapper around register_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore
> - *	and expands the device name if you passed a format string to
> - *	alloc_netdev.
> + *	This is a wrapper around register_netdevice that takes
> + *	the rtnl semaphore.
>    */
> +
>   int register_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
>   {
>   	int err;