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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2008-07-14 23:29:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2008-07-14 23:29:34 +0200 |
| commit | 2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb (patch) | |
| tree | d9cc09ab992825ef7fede4a688103503e3caf655 /drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | |
| parent | IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open() (diff) | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.26 (diff) | |
| download | linux-2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb.tar.xz linux-2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb.zip | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into bkl-removal
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c index 68c41a00d93d..08f3d396bcd6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c @@ -1437,8 +1437,16 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(void) * configure multiple bonding devices. */ if (ret == -EEXIST) { - netdev_class = NULL; - return 0; + /* Is someone being kinky and naming a device bonding_master? */ + if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net, + class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name)) + printk(KERN_ERR + "network device named %s already exists in sysfs", + class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name); + else { + netdev_class = NULL; + return 0; + } } return ret; |