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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index adde93cbca9f..0071a11a6dc3 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -10077,17 +10077,11 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev); ret = notifier_to_errno(ret); if (ret) { + /* Expect explicit free_netdev() on failure */ + dev->needs_free_netdev = false; rollback_registered(dev); - rcu_barrier(); - - dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED; - /* We should put the kobject that hold in - * netdev_unregister_kobject(), otherwise - * the net device cannot be freed when - * driver calls free_netdev(), because the - * kobject is being hold. - */ - kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj); + net_set_todo(dev); + goto out; } /* * Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network |