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-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_if.c21
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 59eef42d4a42..ad1c7af65ec8 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -308,26 +308,19 @@ int br_add_bridge(const char *name)
if (ret)
goto err2;
- /* network device kobject is not setup until
- * after rtnl_unlock does it's hotplug magic.
- * so hold reference to avoid race.
- */
- dev_hold(dev);
- rtnl_unlock();
-
ret = br_sysfs_addbr(dev);
- dev_put(dev);
-
- if (ret)
- unregister_netdev(dev);
- out:
- return ret;
+ if (ret)
+ goto err3;
+ rtnl_unlock();
+ return 0;
+ err3:
+ unregister_netdev(dev);
err2:
free_netdev(dev);
err1:
rtnl_unlock();
- goto out;
+ return ret;
}
int br_del_bridge(const char *name)