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| -rw-r--r-- | net/netlink/genetlink.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index 44ff3f3810fa..ddfdb7d2e02b 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -374,11 +374,6 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family) goto errout_locked; } - if (genl_family_find_byid(family->id)) { - err = -EEXIST; - goto errout_locked; - } - if (family->id == GENL_ID_GENERATE) { u16 newid = genl_generate_id(); @@ -388,6 +383,9 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family) } family->id = newid; + } else if (genl_family_find_byid(family->id)) { + err = -EEXIST; + goto errout_locked; } if (family->maxattr) { |