[PATCH] net: make dev_valid_name public

[deliverable/linux.git] / net / core / dev.c

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0b48e294aafec9e7f8c0f7d43212164652afabf6..94e642ee6e2bc0737075704f052e5c46c606fcab 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ struct net_device * dev_get_by_flags(unsigned short if_flags, unsigned short mas
  *     Network device names need to be valid file names to
  *     to allow sysfs to work
  */
-static int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
+int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
        return !(*name == '\0' 
                 || !strcmp(name, ".")
@@ -3269,6 +3269,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_index);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_remove_pack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_linearize);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_valid_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_add_pack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);