slcand.c

@@ -370,13 +370,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	
 	/* retrieve the name of the created CAN netdevice */
 	if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFNAME, ifr.ifr_name) < 0) {
-		if (name) {
-			perror("ioctl SIOCGIFNAME");
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-		} else {
-			/* Graceful degradation: we only needed the name for display. */
-			snprintf(ifr.ifr_name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name), "<unknown>");
-		}
+		perror("ioctl SIOCGIFNAME");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
 	syslogger(LOG_NOTICE, "attached TTY %s to netdevice %s\n", ttypath, ifr.ifr_name);