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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 6bc2388141f6..44a14b41ad82 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -9547,6 +9547,13 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) rcu_barrier(); dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED; + /* We should put the kobject that hold in + * netdev_unregister_kobject(), otherwise + * the net device cannot be freed when + * driver calls free_netdev(), because the + * kobject is being hold. + */ + kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj); } /* * Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network |