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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 9bed694cd21..2d657f2314c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int veth_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
static struct rtnl_link_ops veth_link_ops;
-static int veth_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
+static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
{
int err;
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
struct veth_priv *priv;
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
struct nlattr *peer_tb[IFLA_MAX + 1], **tbp;
+ struct net *net;
/*
* create and register peer first
@@ -380,14 +381,22 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
else
snprintf(ifname, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d");
- peer = rtnl_create_link(dev_net(dev), ifname, &veth_link_ops, tbp);
- if (IS_ERR(peer))
+ net = rtnl_link_get_net(src_net, tbp);
+ if (IS_ERR(net))
+ return PTR_ERR(net);
+
+ peer = rtnl_create_link(src_net, net, ifname, &veth_link_ops, tbp);
+ if (IS_ERR(peer)) {
+ put_net(net);
return PTR_ERR(peer);
+ }
if (tbp[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL)
random_ether_addr(peer->dev_addr);
err = register_netdevice(peer);
+ put_net(net);
+ net = NULL;
if (err < 0)
goto err_register_peer;