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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6c820650b80f..d273e4e3ecdc 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1002,15 +1002,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
return err;
rollback:
- /* For now only devices in the initial network namespace
- * are in sysfs.
- */
- if (net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
- ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
- if (ret) {
- memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
- return ret;
- }
+ ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+ if (ret) {
+ memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+ return ret;
}
write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
@@ -4994,8 +4989,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
if (dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)
dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO;
- netdev_initialize_kobject(dev);
-
ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_INIT, dev);
ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
if (ret)
@@ -5547,15 +5540,6 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
if (dev->features & NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL)
goto out;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
- /* Don't allow real devices to be moved when sysfs
- * is enabled.
- */
- err = -EINVAL;
- if (dev->dev.parent)
- goto out;
-#endif
-
/* Ensure the device has been registrered */
err = -EINVAL;
if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
@@ -5606,8 +5590,6 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
dev_uc_flush(dev);
dev_mc_flush(dev);
- netdev_unregister_kobject(dev);
-
/* Actually switch the network namespace */
dev_net_set(dev, net);
@@ -5620,7 +5602,7 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
}
/* Fixup kobjects */
- err = netdev_register_kobject(dev);
+ err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
WARN_ON(err);
/* Add the device back in the hashes */