netdev - [PATCH 2/4]: bonding: fix error check in sysfs creation

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:15:38 -0800
From:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	mitch.a.williams@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/4]: bonding: fix error check in sysfs creation


	The existing code did not correctly handle failures to create
the per-interface sysfs group for bonding.

	Modified code to notice errors, and correctly unwind.

Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 07b9d1f..d3801a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4756,14 +4756,19 @@ int bond_create(char *name, struct bond_
 
 	rtnl_unlock(); /* allows sysfs registration of net device */
 	res = bond_create_sysfs_entry(bond_dev->priv);
-	goto done;
+	if (res < 0) {
+		rtnl_lock();
+		goto out_bond;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
 out_bond:
 	bond_deinit(bond_dev);
 out_netdev:
 	free_netdev(bond_dev);
 out_rtnl:
 	rtnl_unlock();
-done:
 	return res;
 }
 
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