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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2021-02-17 14:04:39 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2021-02-17 14:04:39 +0100
commited3cd45f8ca873dd320ff7e6b4c1c8f83a65302c (patch)
tree783a02c1e78964654fe6d9a9c14b24bfc50e6b3b /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parentbae4ec13640b0915e7dd86da7e65c5d085160571 (diff)
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Merge tag 'v5.11' into sched/core, to pick up fixes & refresh the branch
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c23
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index bb0596c41b3e..3d6ab194d0f5 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3439,26 +3439,15 @@ replay:
dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
- if (ops->newlink) {
+ if (ops->newlink)
err = ops->newlink(link_net ? : net, dev, tb, data, extack);
- /* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
- * and unregister it on failure after registration
- * so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
- */
- if (err < 0) {
- /* If device is not registered at all, free it now */
- if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED ||
- dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
- free_netdev(dev);
- goto out;
- }
- } else {
+ 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)
goto out_unregister;