netdev - [PATCH 3/3] bonding: handle case of device named bonding

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Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 18:15:28 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, fubar@...ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] bonding: handle case of device named bonding_master

If device already exists named bonding_masters, then fail. This is a wierd
corner case only a QA group could love.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
---
Note: bonding is not yet network namespace aware, it will need lots of
work to get this to happen.

--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c	2008-05-14 17:49:29.000000000 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c	2008-05-14 18:02:36.000000000 -0700
@@ -1437,8 +1437,16 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(void)
 	 * configure multiple bonding devices.
 	 */
 	if (ret == -EEXIST) {
-		netdev_class = NULL;
-		return 0;
+		/* Is someone being kinky and naming a device bonding_master? */
+		if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net,
+				      class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name))
+			printk(KERN_ERR
+			       "network device named %s already exists in sysfs",
+			       class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name);
+		else {
+			netdev_class = NULL;
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;
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