From: Guillaume Nault Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 18:36:44 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ppp: release rtnl mutex when interface creation fails X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6faac63a6986f29ef39827f460edd3a5ba64ad5c;p=linux-beck.git ppp: release rtnl mutex when interface creation fails Add missing rtnl_unlock() in the error path of ppp_create_interface(). Fixes: 58a89ecaca53 ("ppp: fix lockdep splat in ppp_dev_uninit()") Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index e8a5936289c5..d61da9ece3ba 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -2816,6 +2816,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface(struct net *net, int unit, out2: mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex); + rtnl_unlock(); free_netdev(dev); out1: *retp = ret;