From 6faac63a6986f29ef39827f460edd3a5ba64ad5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 19:36:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ppp: release rtnl mutex when interface creation fails
Add missing rtnl_unlock() in the error path of ppp_create_interface().
Fixes: 58a89ecaca53 ("ppp: fix lockdep splat in ppp_dev_uninit()")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index e8a5936289c5b..d61da9ece3ba0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2816,6 +2816,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface(struct net *net, int unit,
out2:
mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
+ rtnl_unlock();
free_netdev(dev);
out1:
*retp = ret;
--
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