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

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