netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dummy: fix oops when loading the dummy failed

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:00:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dingtianhong@...wei.com
Cc:	jiri@...nulli.us, fbl@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tanxiaojun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dummy: fix oops when loading the dummy failed

From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:04:02 +0800

> We rename the dummy in modprobe.conf like this:
> 
> install dummy0 /sbin/modprobe -o dummy0 --ignore-install dummy
> install dummy1 /sbin/modprobe -o dummy1 --ignore-install dummy
> 
> We got oops when we run the command:
> 
> modprobe dummy0
> modprobe dummy1
 ...
> The reason is that when loading dummy, if __rtnl_link_register() return failed,
> the init_module should return and avoid take the wrong path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>

Applied.
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