From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> commit 106da663ff495e0aea3ac15b8317aa410754fcac upstream. After ipgre_newlink()/geneve_configure() call, the netdev is registered. Fixes: 7e059158d57b ("vxlan, gre, geneve: Set a large MTU on ovs-created tunnel devices") CC: David Wragg <david@weave.works> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/geneve.c | 10 +++++++--- net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/geneve.c +++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c @@ -1340,6 +1340,7 @@ struct net_device *geneve_dev_create_fb( { struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX + 1]; struct net_device *dev; + LIST_HEAD(list_kill); int err; memset(tb, 0, sizeof(tb)); @@ -1350,8 +1351,10 @@ struct net_device *geneve_dev_create_fb( err = geneve_configure(net, dev, &geneve_remote_unspec, 0, 0, 0, htons(dst_port), true); - if (err) - goto err; + if (err) { + free_netdev(dev); + return ERR_PTR(err); + } /* openvswitch users expect packet sizes to be unrestricted, * so set the largest MTU we can. @@ -1363,7 +1366,8 @@ struct net_device *geneve_dev_create_fb( return dev; err: - free_netdev(dev); + geneve_dellink(dev, &list_kill); + unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill); return ERR_PTR(err); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(geneve_dev_create_fb); --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c @@ -1230,6 +1230,7 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create( { struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX + 1]; struct net_device *dev; + LIST_HEAD(list_kill); struct ip_tunnel *t; int err; @@ -1245,8 +1246,10 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create( t->collect_md = true; err = ipgre_newlink(net, dev, tb, NULL); - if (err < 0) - goto out; + if (err < 0) { + free_netdev(dev); + return ERR_PTR(err); + } /* openvswitch users expect packet sizes to be unrestricted, * so set the largest MTU we can. @@ -1257,7 +1260,8 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create( return dev; out: - free_netdev(dev); + ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, &list_kill); + unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill); return ERR_PTR(err); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gretap_fb_dev_create);