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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/devinet.c5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index abf6352f990..5b77bdaa57d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1056,10 +1056,9 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
if (!in_dev) {
if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
in_dev = inetdev_init(dev);
+ if (!in_dev)
+ return notifier_from_errno(-ENOMEM);
if (dev == &loopback_dev) {
- if (!in_dev)
- panic("devinet: "
- "Failed to create loopback\n");
IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOXFRM, 1);
IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOPOLICY, 1);
}