[ 3.5.y.z extended stable ] Patch "sunvnet: vnet_port_remove must call unregister_netdev" has been added to staging queue
Luis Henriques
luis.henriques at canonical.com
Thu Jul 25 14:42:01 UTC 2013
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
sunvnet: vnet_port_remove must call unregister_netdev
to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Luis
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From: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp at oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:49:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] sunvnet: vnet_port_remove must call unregister_netdev
commit aabb9875d02559ab9b928cd6f259a5cc4c21a589 upstream.
The missing call to unregister_netdev() leaves the interface active
after the driver is unloaded by rmmod.
Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
index a108db3..1d68059 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,8 @@ static int vnet_port_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
dev_set_drvdata(&vdev->dev, NULL);
kfree(port);
+
+ unregister_netdev(vp->dev);
}
return 0;
}
--
1.8.1.2
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