iplink: Kill redundant network device name checks

[mirror_iproute2.git] / ip / link_veth.c

diff --git a/ip/link_veth.c b/ip/link_veth.c
index a36882744ec7ca5966dd553548e54422ba63a0cd..fcfd1ef32d02c9b63800421163317ffdb1ad83df 100644 (file)
--- a/ip/link_veth.c
+++ b/ip/link_veth.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int veth_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
        char *link = NULL;
        char *type = NULL;
        int index = 0;
-       int err, len;
+       int err;
        struct rtattr *data;
        int group;
        struct ifinfomsg *ifm, *peer_ifm;
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ static int veth_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
                return err;
 
        if (name) {
-               len = strlen(name) + 1;
-               if (len > IFNAMSIZ)
-                       invarg("\"name\" too long\n", *argv);
-               addattr_l(hdr, 1024, IFLA_IFNAME, name, len);
+               addattr_l(hdr, 1024,
+                         IFLA_IFNAME, name, strlen(name) + 1);
        }
 
        peer_ifm = RTA_DATA(data);