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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-17 00:05:02 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-17 00:05:02 -0800
commita2bfbc072e279ff81e6b336acff612b9bc2e5281 (patch)
tree89cfe21911e1539e1b7f89d8a10d42abecba2a18 /net/core
parent5c427ff9e4cc61625d48172ea082ae99e21eea6a (diff)
parent82b3cc1a2f5e46300a9dec4a8cc8106dc20a4c23 (diff)
downloadlinux-a2bfbc072e279ff81e6b336acff612b9bc2e5281.tar.gz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
	drivers/net/can/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4b24d79414e3..d867522290b9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -999,14 +999,15 @@ rollback:
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 
 	if (ret) {
-		if (err) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR
-			       "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
-			       dev->name, ret);
-		} else {
+		/* err >= 0 after dev_alloc_name() or stores the first errno */
+		if (err >= 0) {
 			err = ret;
 			memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
 			goto rollback;
+		} else {
+			printk(KERN_ERR
+			       "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
+			       dev->name, ret);
 		}
 	}