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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c index 68c41a00d93d..08f3d396bcd6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c @@ -1437,8 +1437,16 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(void) * configure multiple bonding devices. */ if (ret == -EEXIST) { - netdev_class = NULL; - return 0; + /* Is someone being kinky and naming a device bonding_master? */ + if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net, + class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name)) + printk(KERN_ERR + "network device named %s already exists in sysfs", + class_attr_bonding_masters.attr.name); + else { + netdev_class = NULL; + return 0; + } } return ret; |