From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 014A137266D; Thu, 1 Oct 2026 05:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790833116; cv=none; b=KA5bgjTKo5P0JeBN77TBe6Cs/ulYca+yjHzAbpQ7V2njwRHoMnvQilhe52eqAnuWBZBhTWOEMNwn+Nmb/feGmjvIOqGAhyefdBOTsCDzoq3tV8rOiKWUMmEVWJOyQL2otsvZs4265+gKcOntmNp3fyobgqNc1YU9RgUbedd0/NQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790833116; c=relaxed/simple; bh=C+y4DRUjU/xUreJchll+Y+5d6tZhsSspyPvJ1e56sO4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Z3Si2i2sPDAMovYgyeP8EMy3VMH/hQiq3+7z/khsm66DJ7FqrY2c/AIRioBr600j9YfdigmtkBgG8785vbEr/0YVigfxKfk7ci1PHYs62U2M0CT9MczFylVnndXu3LMFAF2pZSTwsaCA+QNjtASEm9s5yh4nR1hdVxWU9EOnwms= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=DqpRuW6B; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="DqpRuW6B" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1D2271F000FF; Thu, 1 Oct 2026 05:38:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1790833114; bh=GlMMSHbVkvgzMsrwrKJVd9G49mMRDr2YQ94384ErCWM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=DqpRuW6BSFiHlIx+rC6MBmcthS6m0vMnMZWYQ9zEUi0nwboIjguaXf5Dqu8MGa/bd AIxJnRmUrTH/+SC/ApfBY7RICnJ5eh77JF+7T6sRPsqeS0VB3x7VlKcNWsMJ9sAl/y DryUPiBJTG8W+OA91Q4yZB2QhLw9nHbusHBaHV4I= Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 07:38:28 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Svyatoslav Nikolenko Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation Message-ID: <2026100116-joylessly-icy-055d@gregkh> References: <20260908115654.3406-1-nsvatoslav515@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260908115654.3406-1-nsvatoslav515@gmail.com> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 02:56:54PM +0300, Svyatoslav Nikolenko wrote: > 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 > Signed-off-by: Svyatoslav Nikolenko > --- > Changes in v4: > - Rebased onto latest staging-testing branch. Still does not apply, can you rebase again? thanks, greg k-h