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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8e726cb47ed7..6561021d22d1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1114,13 +1114,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change);
void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
{
struct net_device *dev;
+ int no_module;
rcu_read_lock();
dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, name);
rcu_read_unlock();
- if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- request_module("%s", name);
+ no_module = !dev;
+ if (no_module && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
+ if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+ if (!request_module("%s", name))
+ pr_err("Loading kernel module for a network device "
+"with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s "
+"instead\n", name);
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);
@@ -1280,10 +1288,13 @@ static int __dev_close_many(struct list_head *head)
static int __dev_close(struct net_device *dev)
{
+ int retval;
LIST_HEAD(single);
list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single);
- return __dev_close_many(&single);
+ retval = __dev_close_many(&single);
+ list_del(&single);
+ return retval;
}
int dev_close_many(struct list_head *head)
@@ -1325,7 +1336,7 @@ int dev_close(struct net_device *dev)
list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single);
dev_close_many(&single);
-
+ list_del(&single);
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);
@@ -5063,6 +5074,7 @@ static void rollback_registered(struct net_device *dev)
list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single);
rollback_registered_many(&single);
+ list_del(&single);
}
unsigned long netdev_fix_features(unsigned long features, const char *name)
@@ -6216,6 +6228,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_list)
}
}
unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
+ list_del(&dev_kill_list);
rtnl_unlock();
}