Re: [PATCH v2] net: fix register_netdev description

[Ivan Safonov]

On 10/7/24 00:16, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 08:57:20PM +0300, Ivan Safonov wrote:
> > register_netdev() does not expands the device name.
>
> Please could you explain what makes you think it will not expand the
> device name.
>
> 	Andrew

It is the register_netdev implementation:

> int register_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> 	int err;
>
> 	if (rtnl_lock_killable())
> 		return -EINTR;
> 	err = register_netdevice(dev);
> 	rtnl_unlock();
> 	return err;
> }

There is no device name expansion, rtnl lock and register_netdevice call 
only. The register_netdevice expands device name using dev_get_valid_name().