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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 35609e64f6fd..b583d4968add 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -333,19 +333,17 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct veth_priv *priv;
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
struct nlattr *peer_tb[IFLA_MAX + 1], **tbp;
+ struct ifinfomsg *ifmp;
struct net *net;
/*
* create and register peer first
- *
- * struct ifinfomsg is at the head of VETH_INFO_PEER, but we
- * skip it since no info from it is useful yet
*/
-
if (data != NULL && data[VETH_INFO_PEER] != NULL) {
struct nlattr *nla_peer;
nla_peer = data[VETH_INFO_PEER];
+ ifmp = nla_data(nla_peer);
err = nla_parse(peer_tb, IFLA_MAX,
nla_data(nla_peer) + sizeof(struct ifinfomsg),
nla_len(nla_peer) - sizeof(struct ifinfomsg),
@@ -358,8 +356,10 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
return err;
tbp = peer_tb;
- } else
+ } else {
+ ifmp = NULL;
tbp = tb;
+ }
if (tbp[IFLA_IFNAME])
nla_strlcpy(ifname, tbp[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
netif_carrier_off(peer);
+ err = rtnl_configure_link(peer, ifmp);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto err_configure_peer;
+
/*
* register dev last
*
@@ -428,6 +432,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
err_register_dev:
/* nothing to do */
err_alloc_name:
+err_configure_peer:
unregister_netdevice(peer);
return err;