3.6.11.2 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 9fe16b78ee17579cb4f333534cf7043e94c67024 ] If slave sysfs symlink failes to be created - we end up without removing the master sysfs symlink. Remove it in case of failure. Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c index 21609f9..ecd47a3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c @@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ int bond_create_slave_symlinks(struct net_device *master, sprintf(linkname, "slave_%s", slave->name); ret = sysfs_create_link(&(master->dev.kobj), &(slave->dev.kobj), linkname); + + /* free the master link created earlier in case of error */ + if (ret) + sysfs_remove_link(&(slave->dev.kobj), "master"); + return ret; } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html