netdev - Re: [RFC] about net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:21:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] about net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of
 private netdev state.

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:30:40 -0700

> So we do not really know if we need to clean up or not.

We always know, the answer is that whenever register_netdev() fails we
never need to perform any cleanup which is done by priv_destructor.

> Any idea how to fix the issue ?

Your patch is exactly how we should fix this, but without the comment.
The logic is straightforward.

If register_netdevice() fails any resources handled by priv_destructor
are cleaned up, it is guaranteed.