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-rw-r--r--net/8021q/vlan.c32
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index e68b503f101..5801993182b 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -493,14 +493,14 @@ out_free_group:
}
/* Attach a VLAN device to a mac address (ie Ethernet Card).
- * Returns the device that was created, or NULL if there was
- * an error of some kind.
+ * Returns 0 if the device was created or a negative error code otherwise.
*/
-static struct net_device *register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
- unsigned short VLAN_ID)
+static int register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
+ unsigned short VLAN_ID)
{
struct net_device *new_dev;
char name[IFNAMSIZ];
+ int err;
#ifdef VLAN_DEBUG
printk(VLAN_DBG "%s: if_name -:%s:- vid: %i\n",
@@ -508,10 +508,11 @@ static struct net_device *register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
#endif
if (VLAN_ID >= VLAN_VID_MASK)
- goto out_ret_null;
+ return -ERANGE;
- if (vlan_check_real_dev(real_dev, VLAN_ID) < 0)
- goto out_ret_null;
+ err = vlan_check_real_dev(real_dev, VLAN_ID);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
/* Gotta set up the fields for the device. */
#ifdef VLAN_DEBUG
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ static struct net_device *register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
vlan_setup);
if (new_dev == NULL)
- goto out_ret_null;
+ return -ENOBUFS;
/* need 4 bytes for extra VLAN header info,
* hope the underlying device can handle it.
@@ -566,7 +567,8 @@ static struct net_device *register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
VLAN_DEV_INFO(new_dev)->dent = NULL;
VLAN_DEV_INFO(new_dev)->flags = 1;
- if (register_vlan_dev(new_dev) < 0)
+ err = register_vlan_dev(new_dev);
+ if (err < 0)
goto out_free_newdev;
/* Account for reference in struct vlan_dev_info */
@@ -574,13 +576,11 @@ static struct net_device *register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
#ifdef VLAN_DEBUG
printk(VLAN_DBG "Allocated new device successfully, returning.\n");
#endif
- return new_dev;
+ return 0;
out_free_newdev:
free_netdev(new_dev);
-
-out_ret_null:
- return NULL;
+ return err;
}
static int vlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
@@ -753,11 +753,7 @@ static int vlan_ioctl_handler(void __user *arg)
err = -EPERM;
if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
break;
- if (register_vlan_device(dev, args.u.VID)) {
- err = 0;
- } else {
- err = -EINVAL;
- }
+ err = register_vlan_device(dev, args.u.VID);
break;
case DEL_VLAN_CMD: