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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-16 11:20:57 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-16 11:20:57 +0200
commitfd2c17e1777d46cff14c25ea774a4d17459d188a (patch)
treee8299216de8e99418195ba64bcf8f679df3a66b3 /drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
parent74e411cb6443d8bcb55fbe89fcc7a9ee574df91b (diff)
parent066519068ad2fbe98c7f45552b1f592903a9c8c8 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/timerstip-x86-timers-2008-06-16_09.20_Mon
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c12
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;