From: Svyatoslav Nikolenko <nsvatoslav515@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Svyatoslav Nikolenko <nsvatoslav515@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 13:50:03 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902105004.1935-1-nsvatoslav515@gmail.com> (raw)
The manual ifname allocation via dev_alloc_name() is redundant because
the networking core handles interface naming automatically during
register_netdev().
Remove the ifname module parameter, the corresponding field from
struct registry_priv, and the rtw_init_netdev_name() callpath.
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Svyatoslav Nikolenko <nsvatoslav515@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Added missing changelog.
Changes in v2:
- Removed rtw_init_netdev_name() and the entire manual naming callpath
instead of hardcoding "wlan%d", as suggested by Greg KH.
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h | 2 --
.../staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_intf.h | 1 -
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 27 +++----------------
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h
index 552d0c5fa47f..5837c51ac2f5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ struct registry_priv {
u8 enable80211d;
- u8 ifname[16];
-
u8 notch_filter;
/* define for tx power adjust */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_intf.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_intf.h
index 83a25598e962..f1e7a303a286 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_intf.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_intf.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ u32 rtw_start_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter);
void rtw_stop_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter);
void rtw_cancel_all_timer(struct adapter *padapter);
-int rtw_init_netdev_name(struct net_device *pnetdev, const char *ifname);
struct net_device *rtw_init_netdev(struct adapter *padapter);
void rtw_unregister_netdevs(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index dd0c5fc813c8..5659d67a32f4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ static int rtw_80211d;
static int rtw_qos_opt_enable;/* 0: disable, 1:enable */
module_param(rtw_qos_opt_enable, int, 0644);
-static char *ifname = "wlan%d";
-module_param(ifname, charp, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ifname, "The default name to allocate for first interface");
-
char *rtw_initmac; /* temp mac address if users want to use instead of the mac address in Efuse */
module_param(rtw_initmac, charp, 0644);
@@ -256,8 +252,6 @@ static void loadparam(struct adapter *padapter, struct net_device *pnetdev)
registry_par->enable80211d = (u8)rtw_80211d;
- strscpy(registry_par->ifname, ifname, sizeof(registry_par->ifname));
-
registry_par->notch_filter = (u8)rtw_notch_filter;
registry_par->reg_enable_tx_power_limit = (u8)rtw_tx_pwr_lmt_enable;
@@ -405,18 +399,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops rtw_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_get_stats = rtw_net_get_stats,
};
-int rtw_init_netdev_name(struct net_device *pnetdev, const char *ifname)
-{
- if (dev_alloc_name(pnetdev, ifname) < 0) {
- pr_err("dev_alloc_name, fail for %s\n", ifname);
- return 1;
- }
- netif_carrier_off(pnetdev);
- /* rtw_netif_stop_queue(pnetdev); */
-
- return 0;
-}
-
struct net_device *rtw_init_netdev(struct adapter *old_padapter)
{
struct adapter *padapter;
@@ -752,14 +734,12 @@ u8 rtw_free_drv_sw(struct adapter *padapter)
return _SUCCESS;
}
-static int _rtw_drv_register_netdev(struct adapter *padapter, char *name)
+static int _rtw_drv_register_netdev(struct adapter *padapter)
{
int ret = _SUCCESS;
struct net_device *pnetdev = padapter->pnetdev;
- /* alloc netdev name */
- if (rtw_init_netdev_name(pnetdev, name))
- return _FAIL;
+ netif_carrier_off(pnetdev);
eth_hw_addr_set(pnetdev, padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr);
@@ -784,9 +764,8 @@ int rtw_drv_register_netdev(struct adapter *if1)
{
struct dvobj_priv *dvobj = if1->dvobj;
struct adapter *padapter = dvobj->padapters;
- char *name = if1->registrypriv.ifname;
- return _rtw_drv_register_netdev(padapter, name);
+ return _rtw_drv_register_netdev(padapter);
}
static int _netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 10:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 10:50 Svyatoslav Nikolenko [this message]
2026-09-02 11:40 ` [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation Greg KH
2026-09-02 15:20 ` Svyatoslav Nikolenko
2026-09-07 16:21 ` Greg KH
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