Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

[mv-sheeva.git] / net / ipv4 / devinet.c

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 014982b61564937f7f55295ac960188491468491..51ca946e339268b58181870695906e1f29257d85 100644 (file)
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1317,14 +1317,19 @@ static int devinet_sysctl_forward(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 {
        int *valp = ctl->data;
        int val = *valp;
+       loff_t pos = *ppos;
        int ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
        if (write && *valp != val) {
                struct net *net = ctl->extra2;
 
                if (valp != &IPV4_DEVCONF_DFLT(net, FORWARDING)) {
-                       if (!rtnl_trylock())
+                       if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
+                               /* Restore the original values before restarting */
+                               *valp = val;
+                               *ppos = pos;
                                return restart_syscall();
+                       }
                        if (valp == &IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(net, FORWARDING)) {
                                inet_forward_change(net);
                        } else if (*valp) {