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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c14
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