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

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:36:37 -0700
From:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
To:	Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
Cc:	linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] macvlan: fix failure during registration v3

[...]
>> > -destroy_port:
>> > -       port->count -= 1;
>> > -       if (!port->count)
>> > -               macvlan_port_destroy(lowerdev);
>> I think you still need this when it fails netdev_upper_dev_link(). The
>> only thing you should remove is the label.
>
> I don't think so. I think the double decrement also occurred in this case.
> unregister_netdevice invokes rollback_registered/macvlan_uninit
> which does the decrement.
>
I thought macvlan_port_destroy() does not get called but it is called
from macvlan_uninit(). So it's all good. Thanks.

> Thanks,
> Francesco
>
>> >
>> >         return err;
>> >  }
>> > --
>> > 1.8.1.4
>> >