When the loopback device is failed to initialize inside the new
namespaces, panic() is called. Do not do it when the namespace
in question is not the init_net.
Plus cleanup the error path a bit.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/net/loopback.c | 11 +++++------
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index be25aa3..662b8d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -265,17 +265,16 @@ static __net_init int loopback_net_init(struct net *net)
if (err)
goto out_free_netdev;
- err = 0;
net->loopback_dev = dev;
+ return 0;
-out:
- if (err)
- panic("loopback: Failed to register netdevice: %d\n", err);
- return err;
out_free_netdev:
free_netdev(dev);
- goto out;
+out:
+ if (net == &init_net)
+ panic("loopback: Failed to register netdevice: %d\n", err);
+ return err;
}
static __net_exit void loopback_net_exit(struct net *net)
-
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