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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 8fa739259041..adde93cbca9f 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -10631,6 +10631,17 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev) struct napi_struct *p, *n; might_sleep(); + + /* When called immediately after register_netdevice() failed the unwind + * handling may still be dismantling the device. Handle that case by + * deferring the free. + */ + if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) { + ASSERT_RTNL(); + dev->needs_free_netdev = true; + return; + } + netif_free_tx_queues(dev); netif_free_rx_queues(dev); |