macvtap: check minor when unregistering
macvtap_device_event(NETDEV_UNREGISTER) should check vlan->minor to
determine if it is being invoked in the context of a macvtap_newlink
that failed, for example in this code sequence:
macvtap_newlink
  macvlan_common_newlink
    register_netdevice
      call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev)
        macvtap_device_event(NETDEV_REGISTER)
          <fail here, vlan->minor = 0>
      rollback_registered(dev);
        rollback_registered_many
          call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
            macvtap_device_event(NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
              <nothing to clean up here>
Signed-off-by:  Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@arista.com>
Acked-by:
Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@arista.com>
Acked-by:  "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by:
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by:  David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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