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 2F5FD36C588; Thu, 1 Oct 2026 13:48:52 +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=1790862534; cv=none; b=IIkeJv3XJfUgWqsXhTl0TmxQHZJpQy2CUGy8wwrR9ybYee9WoOFmhXjl3+6QFqCRM5D/6D0Io0LgoI8gvzdsT34leDL3UZk7ydDTh2f2x5d5K7YpD0SHOiXvPTSQ87DcEt/J6NMxEwyDeCso8fsrmiimHv0NTEcB45EYrfp9GgA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790862534; c=relaxed/simple; bh=B1rxy8TbVmXuqYzgDge7z8hpWPfLzd9ctvzN+FupuI4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=N+mH9fCuR7gtJeYIwC+utk/sZySmV0VNCsptKzROPDOoIzVi8v5Da2ImJmtGWhOHH65TxhgACdH3ISJJh5sPc+K5oAcsr6EYLVNnBPfeDPz+xkWSKKKgqWlq1qUnPTA3zCaHIOqgU1byd1YHHvTMtcX0mTi4SkVLxT8W6b062DM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=DgdhDDEZ; 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="DgdhDDEZ" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 337981F000FF; Thu, 1 Oct 2026 13:48:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1790862532; bh=EIM+C+e+4PvWG+cZY2v7W/4I+OMjOleN0U6/nEFQGGs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=DgdhDDEZmx8sVLN50ggx4JcPt2De2Ofo8Xa1VZ6DMJT81jKEAuMiArWG/PLR4b5eZ KWSUictsWzejoJZ8uotLu2UEiobWcILeQqtsiQLY95A+/y32InALIrutE5fL7Ykk64 7U9MGO0xQzu9S5hYaxuNIa3IjBpfHhXXBPw5TXkI= Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 15:48:46 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Svyatoslav Nikolenko Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ethantidmore06@gmail.com, guojy.bj@gmail.com, error27@gmail.com, knavaneeth786@gmail.com, dvdh12707@gmail.com, m.steinmoetzger@gmail.com, fliegbert2@gmail.com, enelsonmoore@gmail.com, nikolayof23@gmail.com, khushalchitturi@gmail.com, samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com, dennylin0707@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation Message-ID: <2026100131-nursing-goldmine-3122@gregkh> References: <20261001130127.3655-1-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: <20261001130127.3655-1-nsvatoslav515@gmail.com> On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 04:01:27PM +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 v5: > - Rebased onto latest staging-testing to resolve merge conflicts caused by recent tree updates. Still does not apply, are you sure you are using the correct branch? thanks, greg k-h