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-rw-r--r--net/core/neighbour.c3
-rw-r--r--net/core/sysctl_net_core.c15
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index f6bdcad47da..851eb927ed9 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <net/sock.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#define NEIGH_DEBUG 1
@@ -2592,7 +2593,7 @@ int neigh_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *p,
t->neigh_vars[17].extra1 = dev;
}
- dev_name = net_sysctl_strdup(dev_name_source);
+ dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name_source, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dev_name) {
err = -ENOBUFS;
goto free;
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index c8be646cb19..880a8881521 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@ extern int sysctl_somaxconn;
extern char sysctl_divert_version[];
#endif /* CONFIG_NET_DIVERT */
-/*
- * This strdup() is used for creating copies of network
- * device names to be handed over to sysctl.
- */
-
-char *net_sysctl_strdup(const char *s)
-{
- char *rv = kmalloc(strlen(s)+1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (rv)
- strcpy(rv, s);
- return rv;
-}
-
ctl_table core_table[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_NET
{
@@ -177,6 +164,4 @@ ctl_table core_table[] = {
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_sysctl_strdup);
-
#endif