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| author | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> | 2007-10-23 20:19:37 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-10-23 21:27:50 -0700 |
| commit | bada339ba24dee9e143bfb42e1dc61f146619846 (patch) | |
| tree | 69e14af15764a1b38d61cd1f0b55560e45779f23 /net/core/dev.c | |
| parent | c9927c2bf4f45bb85e8b502ab3fb79ad6483c244 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-bada339ba24dee9e143bfb42e1dc61f146619846.tar.gz lwn-bada339ba24dee9e143bfb42e1dc61f146619846.zip | |
[NET]: Validate device addr prior to interface-up
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 872658927e47..f861555cc525 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1007,17 +1007,20 @@ int dev_open(struct net_device *dev) * Call device private open method */ set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state); - if (dev->open) { + + if (dev->validate_addr) + ret = dev->validate_addr(dev); + + if (!ret && dev->open) ret = dev->open(dev); - if (ret) - clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state); - } /* * If it went open OK then: */ - if (!ret) { + if (ret) + clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state); + else { /* * Set the flags. */ @@ -1038,6 +1041,7 @@ int dev_open(struct net_device *dev) */ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UP, dev); } + return ret; } |