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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/net-sysfs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/net-sysfs.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c index 51d5836d8fb9..799b75268291 100644 --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static ssize_t ifalias_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev); struct net *net = dev_net(netdev); size_t count = len; - ssize_t ret; + ssize_t ret = 0; if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; @@ -391,9 +391,20 @@ static ssize_t ifalias_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n') --count; - ret = dev_set_alias(netdev, buf, count); + if (!rtnl_trylock()) + return restart_syscall(); + + if (dev_isalive(netdev)) { + ret = dev_set_alias(netdev, buf, count); + if (ret < 0) + goto err; + ret = len; + netdev_state_change(netdev); + } +err: + rtnl_unlock(); - return ret < 0 ? ret : len; + return ret; } static ssize_t ifalias_show(struct device *dev, |