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-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 2d7d6d47378..42ea4b0e59f 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -792,6 +792,12 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
return -ENODEV;
}
+ if (ndev->master) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s is a slave device, aborting.\n",
+ np->name, np->dev_name);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
unsigned long atmost, atleast;