netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] macvlan: fix failure during registration v3

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:19:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fruggeri@...sta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, maheshb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] macvlan: fix failure during registration v3

From: Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:03:32 -0700

> If macvlan_common_newlink fails in register_netdevice after macvlan_init
> then it decrements port->count twice, first in macvlan_uninit (from
> register_netdevice or rollback_registered) and then again in
> macvlan_common_newlink.
> A similar problem may exist in the ipvlan driver.
> This patch consolidates modifications to port->count into macvlan_init
> and macvlan_uninit (thanks to Eric Biederman for suggesting this approach).
> 
> v3: remove macvtap specific bits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>

Applied.