3.6.11.9-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: dingtianhong [ Upstream commit f2966cd5691058b8674a20766525bedeaea9cbcf ] If __rtnl_link_register() return faild when loading the ifb, it will take the wrong path and get oops, so fix it just like dummy. Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- drivers/net/ifb.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c index 04ab337..635d01c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ifb.c +++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c @@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ static int __init ifb_init_module(void) rtnl_lock(); err = __rtnl_link_register(&ifb_link_ops); + if (err < 0) + goto out; for (i = 0; i < numifbs && !err; i++) { err = ifb_init_one(i); @@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ static int __init ifb_init_module(void) } if (err) __rtnl_link_unregister(&ifb_link_ops); + +out: rtnl_unlock(); return err; -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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/