Commit bdef279b authored Jan 20, 2015 by Nicolas Dichtel Committed by David S. Miller Jan 23, 2015

rtnl: fix error path when adding an iface with a link net



If an error occurs when the netdevice is moved to the link netns, a full cleanup
must be done.

Fixes: 317f4810 ("rtnl: allow to create device with IFLA_LINK_NETNSID set")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

parent d7924450

net/core/rtnetlink.c

+4 −1

Original line number	Diff line number	Diff line
		@@ -2172,8 +2172,11 @@ replay:
		goto out;
		}

		if (link_net)
		if (link_net) {
		err = dev_change_net_namespace(dev, dest_net, ifname);
		if (err < 0)
		unregister_netdevice(dev);
		}
		out:
		if (link_net)
		put_net(link_net);

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