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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c29
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 048dc8d183aa..120eecc0f5a4 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1963,16 +1963,21 @@ replay:
dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
- if (ops->newlink)
+ if (ops->newlink) {
err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data);
- else
+ /* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
+ * and unregister it on failure so that device could be
+ * finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
+ */
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto out;
+ } else {
err = register_netdevice(dev);
-
- if (err < 0) {
- free_netdev(dev);
- goto out;
+ if (err < 0) {
+ free_netdev(dev);
+ goto out;
+ }
}
-
err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, ifm);
if (err < 0)
unregister_netdevice(dev);
@@ -2116,12 +2121,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtmsg_ifinfo);
static int nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev,
u8 *addr, u32 pid, u32 seq,
- int type, unsigned int flags)
+ int type, unsigned int flags,
+ int nlflags)
{
struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
struct ndmsg *ndm;
- nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*ndm), NLM_F_MULTI);
+ nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*ndm), nlflags);
if (!nlh)
return -EMSGSIZE;
@@ -2159,7 +2165,7 @@ static void rtnl_fdb_notify(struct net_device *dev, u8 *addr, int type)
if (!skb)
goto errout;
- err = nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(skb, dev, addr, 0, 0, type, NTF_SELF);
+ err = nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(skb, dev, addr, 0, 0, type, NTF_SELF, 0);
if (err < 0) {
kfree_skb(skb);
goto errout;
@@ -2384,7 +2390,8 @@ static int nlmsg_populate_fdb(struct sk_buff *skb,
err = nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(skb, dev, ha->addr,
portid, seq,
- RTM_NEWNEIGH, NTF_SELF);
+ RTM_NEWNEIGH, NTF_SELF,
+ NLM_F_MULTI);
if (err < 0)
return err;
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