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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-02-19 10:24:22 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-02-19 10:24:22 +0400
commit1e8d6421cff2c24fe0b345711e7a21af02e8bcf5 (patch)
tree773b30106efb9b48055bc93958e5a94ac53768ce /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parentf7b12606b5de323a2bb5ca1696558efde8f25441 (diff)
parent960dfc4eb23a28495276b02604d7458e0e1a1ed8 (diff)
downloadlinux-1e8d6421cff2c24fe0b345711e7a21af02e8bcf5.tar.xz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c Two minor conflicts in bonding, both of which were overlapping changes. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 7b2ad564b303..fc122fdb266a 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1968,16 +1968,21 @@ 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);