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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 2d8d8fcfa060..f4e9037f9a0c 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -2019,11 +2019,15 @@ replay: if (ops->newlink) { err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data); /* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor - * and unregister it on failure so that device could be - * finally freed in rtnl_unlock. + * and unregister it on failure after registration + * so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock. */ - if (err < 0) + if (err < 0) { + /* If device is not registered at all, free it now */ + if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) + free_netdev(dev); goto out; + } } else { err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) { |