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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 19 |
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); |