On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 06:13:43AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote: > For dummy devices, exit earlier at free_netdev() instead of executing > the whole function. This is necessary, because dummy devices are > special, and shouldn't have the second part of the function executed. > > Otherwise reg_state, which is NETREG_DUMMY, will be overwritten and > there will be no way to identify that this is a dummy device. Also, this > device do not need the final put_device(), since dummy devices are not > registered (through register_netdevice()), where the device reference is > increased (at netdev_register_kobject()/device_add()). > > Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>