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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-06-03 23:32:12 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-06-03 23:32:12 -0700
commitc99f7abf0e69987e4add567e155e042cb1f2a20b (patch)
treed23898dc30ed25c1dae9bb6325041027d412397a /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parent92ff71b8fe9cd9c673615fc6f3870af7376d7c84 (diff)
parentd8b0426af5b67973585712c9af36b86f6ea97815 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: include/net/inetpeer.h net/ipv6/output_core.c Changes in net were fixing bugs in code removed in net-next. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index f31268dbc0d1..741b22c62acf 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2045,11 +2045,15 @@ replay:
if (ops->newlink) {
err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data);
/* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
- * and unregister it on failure so that device could be
- * finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
+ * and unregister it on failure after registration
+ * so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
*/
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
+ /* If device is not registered at all, free it now */
+ if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED)
+ free_netdev(dev);
goto out;
+ }
} else {
err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (err < 0) {
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