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netdev: change name dropping error codes

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If changename notifier returns an error code, it gets incorrectly
cleared during rollback so the error is never returned to the user.
Found while testing similar code for MTU changes.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Stephen Hemminger 2008-10-19 23:33:56 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 0537ae6a3d
commit 92845ffd2a
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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net/core/dev.c
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@ -924,10 +924,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
rollback:
err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
if (err) {
ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
if (ret) {
memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
return err;
return ret;
}
write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);