linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 015/139] macvlan: unregister net device when netdev_upper_dev

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Message-Id: <1422483682-15393-16-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:19:18 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>,
	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 015/139] macvlan: unregister net device when netdev_upper_dev_link() fails

3.13.11-ckt15 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>

commit da37705cef30841616ed644ff33455bbc7374db0 upstream.

rtnl_newlink() doesn't unregister it for us on failure.

Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/macvlan.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 0831e2f..b0ae4b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -899,14 +899,15 @@ int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_MACVLAN;
 	err = netdev_upper_dev_link(lowerdev, dev);
 	if (err)
-		goto destroy_port;
-
+		goto unregister_netdev;
 
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&vlan->list, &port->vlans);
 	netif_stacked_transfer_operstate(lowerdev, dev);
 
 	return 0;
 
+unregister_netdev:
+	unregister_netdevice(dev);
 destroy_port:
 	port->count -= 1;
 	if (!port->count)
-- 
1.9.1

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