[PATCH] (3/7) ipmr.c - drop/reacquire in error path.
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From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2003-06-25 18:41:17
In the failure path, need to drop/re-acquire locking to allow sysfs and hotplug to run. diff -Nru a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c Wed Jun 25 11:15:05 2003
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c Wed Jun 25 11:15:05 2003@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ return dev; failure: + /* allow the register to be completed before unregistering. */ + rtnl_unlock(); + rtnl_lock(); + unregister_netdevice(dev); return NULL; }
@@ -228,6 +232,10 @@ return dev; failure: + /* allow the register to be completed before unregistering. */ + rtnl_unlock(); + rtnl_lock(); + unregister_netdevice(dev); return NULL; }