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jh
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V 27
2010-10-07T18:00:55.304545Z
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V 571
Check the device name validity on device registration.

A new function prep_devname() sanitizes a device name by removing
leading and redundant sequential slashes. The function returns an error
for names which already exist or are considered invalid.

A new flag MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME for make_dev_p(9) and make_dev_credf(9)
indicates that the caller is prepared to handle an error related to the
device name. An invalid name triggers a panic if the flag is not
specified.

Document the MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME flag in the make_dev(9) manual page.

Idea from:	kib
Reviewed by:	kib

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