From: Ben Hutchings This applies to 2.6.32 *only*. It has not been applied upstream since the limitation no longer exists. Prior to Linux 2.6.35, net devices outside the initial net namespace did not have sysfs directories. Attempting to add attributes to them will trigger a BUG(). Reported-and-tested-by: Russell Stuart Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Acked-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/tun.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -1006,7 +1006,8 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, if (err < 0) goto err_free_sk; - if (device_create_file(&tun->dev->dev, &dev_attr_tun_flags) || + if (!net_eq(dev_net(tun->dev), &init_net) || + device_create_file(&tun->dev->dev, &dev_attr_tun_flags) || device_create_file(&tun->dev->dev, &dev_attr_owner) || device_create_file(&tun->dev->dev, &dev_attr_group)) printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create tun sysfs files\n"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/