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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c20
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 29a7a8a6d16f..79114386e686 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves(struct device *d,
if (command[0] == '+') {
- /* Got a slave name in ifname. Is it already in the list? */
+ /* Got a slave name in ifname. */
dev = __dev_get_by_name(dev_net(bond->dev), ifname);
if (!dev) {
@@ -253,24 +253,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves(struct device *d,
goto out;
}
- if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
- pr_err("%s: Error: Unable to enslave %s because it is already up.\n",
- bond->dev->name, dev->name);
- ret = -EPERM;
- goto out;
- }
-
- read_lock(&bond->lock);
- bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, i)
- if (slave->dev == dev) {
- pr_err("%s: Interface %s is already enslaved!\n",
- bond->dev->name, ifname);
- ret = -EPERM;
- read_unlock(&bond->lock);
- goto out;
- }
- read_unlock(&bond->lock);
-
pr_info("%s: Adding slave %s.\n", bond->dev->name, ifname);
/* If this is the first slave, then we need to set