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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-10-06 19:39:31 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-10-06 19:39:31 -0700
commit69259abb64d4da77273bf59accfc9fa79e7165f4 (patch)
treebd043ab03a788b749c8d5ae4049d8defae9abf34 /drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
parentdd53df265b1ee7a1fbbc76bb62c3bec2383bbd44 (diff)
parent12e94471b2be5ef9b55b10004a3a2cd819490036 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c net/caif/caif_socket.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index a0bf35d0d4f5..7703d35de65d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -5226,6 +5226,15 @@ int bond_create(struct net *net, const char *name)
res = dev_alloc_name(bond_dev, "bond%d");
if (res < 0)
goto out;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * If we're given a name to register
+ * we need to ensure that its not already
+ * registered
+ */
+ res = -EEXIST;
+ if (__dev_get_by_name(net, name) != NULL)
+ goto out;
}
res = register_netdevice(bond_dev);