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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 8e726cb47ed..6561021d22d 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1114,13 +1114,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change); void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name) { struct net_device *dev; + int no_module; rcu_read_lock(); dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, name); rcu_read_unlock(); - if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - request_module("%s", name); + no_module = !dev; + if (no_module && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) + no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name); + if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) { + if (!request_module("%s", name)) + pr_err("Loading kernel module for a network device " +"with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s " +"instead\n", name); + } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load); @@ -1280,10 +1288,13 @@ static int __dev_close_many(struct list_head *head) static int __dev_close(struct net_device *dev) { + int retval; LIST_HEAD(single); list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single); - return __dev_close_many(&single); + retval = __dev_close_many(&single); + list_del(&single); + return retval; } int dev_close_many(struct list_head *head) @@ -1325,7 +1336,7 @@ int dev_close(struct net_device *dev) list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single); dev_close_many(&single); - + list_del(&single); return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close); @@ -5063,6 +5074,7 @@ static void rollback_registered(struct net_device *dev) list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single); rollback_registered_many(&single); + list_del(&single); } unsigned long netdev_fix_features(unsigned long features, const char *name) @@ -6216,6 +6228,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_list) } } unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list); + list_del(&dev_kill_list); rtnl_unlock(); } |