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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index d8e5747ff4e3..264d4af0bf69 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -1006,17 +1006,18 @@ static int ppp_unit_register(struct ppp *ppp, int unit, bool ifname_is_set) if (!ifname_is_set) snprintf(ppp->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, "ppp%i", ppp->file.index); + mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); + ret = register_netdevice(ppp->dev); if (ret < 0) goto err_unit; atomic_inc(&ppp_unit_count); - mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); - return 0; err_unit: + mutex_lock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); unit_put(&pn->units_idr, ppp->file.index); err: mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); |