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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index f91abf800161..3ca300d85271 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -5579,7 +5579,12 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) } } - dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); + ret = -EBUSY; + if (!dev->ifindex) + dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); + else if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) + goto err_uninit; + if (dev->iflink == -1) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index db037c9a4c48..34d975b0f277 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1812,8 +1812,6 @@ replay: return -ENODEV; } - if (ifm->ifi_index) - return -EOPNOTSUPP; if (tb[IFLA_MAP] || tb[IFLA_MASTER] || tb[IFLA_PROTINFO]) return -EOPNOTSUPP; @@ -1839,10 +1837,14 @@ replay: return PTR_ERR(dest_net); dev = rtnl_create_link(net, dest_net, ifname, ops, tb); - - if (IS_ERR(dev)) + if (IS_ERR(dev)) { err = PTR_ERR(dev); - else if (ops->newlink) + goto out; + } + + dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index; + + if (ops->newlink) err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data); else err = register_netdevice(dev); |
