netdev - [PATCH net] ppp: release rtnl mutex when interface creation fails

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Message-ID: <cde1cd85393f3a2f0900b7c2ec6ed5f615783351.1457375501.git.g.nault@alphalink.fr>
Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2016 19:36:44 +0100
From:	Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net] ppp: release rtnl mutex when interface creation fails

Add missing rtnl_unlock() in the error path of ppp_create_interface().

Fixes: 58a89ecaca53 ("ppp: fix lockdep splat in ppp_dev_uninit()")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index e8a5936..d61da9ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2816,6 +2816,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface(struct net *net, int unit,
 
 out2:
 	mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	free_netdev(dev);
 out1:
 	*retp = ret;
-- 
2.7.0