From dcc997738e538919101d8756f19ca23110b25d8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:33:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] net: handle errors from device_rename device_rename can fail with -EEXIST or -ENOMEM, so handle any problems. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index a1607bc0cd4c..ce88c0d3e354 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -903,7 +903,11 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname) strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ); rollback: - device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name); + err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name); + if (err) { + memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ); + return err; + } write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock); hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist); -- 2.20.1