From e14a599335427f81bbb0008963e59aa9c6449dce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 12:26:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] net: dev_close() should check IFF_UP Commit 443457242beb (factorize sync-rcu call in unregister_netdevice_many) mistakenly removed one test from dev_close() Following actions trigger a BUG : modprobe bonding modprobe dummy ifconfig bond0 up ifenslave bond0 dummy0 rmmod dummy dev_close() must not close a non IFF_UP device. With help from Frank Blaschka and Einar EL Lueck Reported-by: Frank Blaschka Reported-by: Einar EL Lueck Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 856b6ee9a1d5..92009440d28b 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1284,11 +1284,13 @@ static int dev_close_many(struct list_head *head) */ int dev_close(struct net_device *dev) { - LIST_HEAD(single); + if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) { + LIST_HEAD(single); - list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single); - dev_close_many(&single); - list_del(&single); + list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single); + dev_close_many(&single); + list_del(&single); + } return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close); -- 2.39.5