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 <frugg...@arista.com> --- drivers/net/macvtap.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c index 95394ed..74cb15a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c +++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c @@ -1303,6 +1303,9 @@ static int macvtap_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, } break; case NETDEV_UNREGISTER: + /* vlan->minor == 0 if NETDEV_REGISTER above failed */ + if (vlan->minor == 0) + break; devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(macvtap_major), vlan->minor); device_destroy(macvtap_class, devt); macvtap_free_minor(vlan); -- 1.8.1.4