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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-06-03 23:32:12 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-06-03 23:32:12 -0700 |
| commit | c99f7abf0e69987e4add567e155e042cb1f2a20b (patch) | |
| tree | d23898dc30ed25c1dae9bb6325041027d412397a /net/core/rtnetlink.c | |
| parent | 92ff71b8fe9cd9c673615fc6f3870af7376d7c84 (diff) | |
| parent | d8b0426af5b67973585712c9af36b86f6ea97815 (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.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index f31268d..741b22c 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) { |
