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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c10
-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c8
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f2b61111e26d..5a7f20f78574 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3314,7 +3314,6 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
continue;
}
- netdev_unregister_sysfs(dev);
dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
netdev_wait_allrefs(dev);
@@ -3325,11 +3324,11 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
BUG_TRAP(!dev->ip6_ptr);
BUG_TRAP(!dev->dn_ptr);
- /* It must be the very last action,
- * after this 'dev' may point to freed up memory.
- */
if (dev->destructor)
dev->destructor(dev);
+
+ /* Free network device */
+ kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj);
}
out:
@@ -3480,6 +3479,9 @@ void unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
/* Notifier chain MUST detach us from master device. */
BUG_TRAP(!dev->master);
+ /* Remove entries from sysfs */
+ netdev_unregister_sysfs(dev);
+
/* Finish processing unregister after unlock */
net_set_todo(dev);
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index b21307b15b82..5c19b0646d7a 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -456,9 +456,15 @@ static struct class net_class = {
#endif
};
+/* Delete sysfs entries but hold kobject reference until after all
+ * netdev references are gone.
+ */
void netdev_unregister_sysfs(struct net_device * net)
{
- device_del(&(net->dev));
+ struct device *dev = &(net->dev);
+
+ kobject_get(&dev->kobj);
+ device_del(dev);
}
/* Create sysfs entries for network device. */
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