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-rw-r--r--include/linux/rtnetlink.h1
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c3
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c6
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 3573b4bf2fdf..562a175c35a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern void rtnl_lock(void);
extern void rtnl_unlock(void);
extern int rtnl_trylock(void);
extern int rtnl_is_locked(void);
+extern int rtnl_lock_killable(void);
extern wait_queue_head_t netdev_unregistering_wq;
extern struct rw_semaphore net_sem;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 12a9aad0b057..d8887cc38e7b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8018,7 +8018,8 @@ int register_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
{
int err;
- rtnl_lock();
+ if (rtnl_lock_killable())
+ return -EINTR;
err = register_netdevice(dev);
rtnl_unlock();
return err;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 67f375cfb982..87079eaa871b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ void rtnl_lock(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
+int rtnl_lock_killable(void)
+{
+ return mutex_lock_killable(&rtnl_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock_killable);
+
static struct sk_buff *defer_kfree_skb_list;
void rtnl_kfree_skbs(struct sk_buff *head, struct sk_buff *tail)
{