4.3-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> This reverts commit b3abad339f8e268bb261e5844ab68b18a7797c29, which was an attempt to backport commit 7f109f7cc37108cba7243bc832988525b0d85909 upstream. The backport introduced a deadlock and other bugs. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Acked-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> Acked-by: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> --- drivers/net/vrf.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c @@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ static int vrf_newlink(struct net *src_n { struct net_vrf *vrf = netdev_priv(dev); struct net_vrf_dev *vrf_ptr; + int err; if (!data || !data[IFLA_VRF_TABLE]) return -EINVAL; @@ -589,16 +590,26 @@ static int vrf_newlink(struct net *src_n dev->priv_flags |= IFF_VRF_MASTER; + err = -ENOMEM; vrf_ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev->vrf_ptr), GFP_KERNEL); if (!vrf_ptr) - return -ENOMEM; + goto out_fail; vrf_ptr->ifindex = dev->ifindex; vrf_ptr->tb_id = vrf->tb_id; + err = register_netdevice(dev); + if (err < 0) + goto out_fail; + rcu_assign_pointer(dev->vrf_ptr, vrf_ptr); - return register_netdev(dev); + return 0; + +out_fail: + kfree(vrf_ptr); + free_netdev(dev); + return err; } static size_t vrf_nl_getsize(const struct net_device *dev)