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Commit 38d2f38b authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger Committed by David S. Miller
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bonding: handle case of device named bonding_master 



If device already exists named bonding_masters, then fail. This is a wierd
corner case only a QA group could love.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 0599ad53

drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c

+10 −2
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@@ -1437,9 +1437,17 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(void) 
	 * configure multiple bonding devices.

	 */

	if (ret == -EEXIST) {

		/* Is someone being kinky and naming a device bonding_master? */

		if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net,

				      class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name))

			printk(KERN_ERR

			       "network device named %s already exists in sysfs",

			       class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name);

		else {

			netdev_class = NULL;

			return 0;

		}

	}



	return ret;