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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 23 |
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; |