[PATCH] net: drop pointless .bind methods

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 09:30:43PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:

> Considering that device_set_name() does
> 
>   int device_set_name(struct udevice *dev, const char *name)
>   {
> 	name = strdup(name);
> 	if (!name)
> 		return -ENOMEM;
> 	dev->name = name;
> 	device_set_name_alloced(dev);
> 
> 	return 0;
>   }
> 
> it should be pretty clear that these .bind methods are at best
> pointless (there's a fixup for device_set_name() en route that will
> make this not a memory leak).
> 
> I presume one of them got added by mistake and the remaining are
> cargo-culted, but regardless, just remove them to prevent yet more
> copies of this anti-pattern to appear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rv at rasmusvillemoes.dk>

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>

-- 
Tom
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