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bridge: fix error handling in br_add_if()
authorVolodymyr G Lukiianyk <volodymyrgl@gmail.com>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:17:42 +0000 (03:17 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:17:42 +0000 (03:17 -0700)
commit43af8532ecd74a61f9e7aeb27c026c1ee27915ca
treeb7a012195373a4ac2d43f949199199bab7e5e30dtree | snapshot
parent9a732ed6d0e126d4c8a818f42a13f3df11755beecommit | diff
bridge: fix error handling in br_add_if()

When device is added to bridge its refcnt is incremented (in new_nbp()), but if
error occurs during further br_add_if() operations this counter is not
decremented back. Fix it by adding dev_put() call in the error path.

Signed-off-by: Volodymyr G Lukiianyk <volodymyrgl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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