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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 872658927e47..f861555cc525 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1007,17 +1007,20 @@ int dev_open(struct net_device *dev) * Call device private open method */ set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state); - if (dev->open) { + + if (dev->validate_addr) + ret = dev->validate_addr(dev); + + if (!ret && dev->open) ret = dev->open(dev); - if (ret) - clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state); - } /* * If it went open OK then: */ - if (!ret) { + if (ret) + clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state); + else { /* * Set the flags. */ @@ -1038,6 +1041,7 @@ int dev_open(struct net_device *dev) */ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UP, dev); } + return ret; } |