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-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c28
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 927a6dcbad96..799b75268291 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static ssize_t ifalias_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
struct net *net = dev_net(netdev);
size_t count = len;
- ssize_t ret;
+ ssize_t ret = 0;
if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
@@ -393,23 +393,30 @@ static ssize_t ifalias_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
if (!rtnl_trylock())
return restart_syscall();
- ret = dev_set_alias(netdev, buf, count);
+
+ if (dev_isalive(netdev)) {
+ ret = dev_set_alias(netdev, buf, count);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto err;
+ ret = len;
+ netdev_state_change(netdev);
+ }
+err:
rtnl_unlock();
- return ret < 0 ? ret : len;
+ return ret;
}
static ssize_t ifalias_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
const struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+ char tmp[IFALIASZ];
ssize_t ret = 0;
- if (!rtnl_trylock())
- return restart_syscall();
- if (netdev->ifalias)
- ret = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", netdev->ifalias);
- rtnl_unlock();
+ ret = dev_get_alias(netdev, tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+ if (ret > 0)
+ ret = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", tmp);
return ret;
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(ifalias);
@@ -1488,7 +1495,10 @@ static void netdev_release(struct device *d)
BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_RELEASED);
- kfree(dev->ifalias);
+ /* no need to wait for rcu grace period:
+ * device is dead and about to be freed.
+ */
+ kfree(rcu_access_pointer(dev->ifalias));
netdev_freemem(dev);
}