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dev_get_valid_name() overwrites the netdev's name on success.
This makes it hard to use in prepare-commit-like fashion,
where we do validation first, and "commit" to the change
later.

Factor out a helper which lets us save the new name to a buffer.
Use it to fix the problem of notification on netns move having
incorrect name:

 5: eth0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default
     link/ether be:4d:58:f9:d5:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
 6: eth1: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default
     link/ether 1e:4a:34:36:e3:cd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

 [ ~]# ip link set dev eth0 netns 1 name eth1

ip monitor inside netns:
 Deleted inet eth0
 Deleted inet6 eth0
 Deleted 5: eth1: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default
     link/ether be:4d:58:f9:d5:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff new-netnsid 0 new-ifindex 7

Name is reported as eth1 in old netns for ifindex 5, already renamed.

Fixes: d9031024

 ("net: device name allocation cleanups")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>