net: handle errors from device_rename

device_rename can fail with -EEXIST or -ENOMEM, so handle any problems. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
git-mirror · May 15, 2008 · dcc9977 · dcc9977
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commit dcc9977
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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -903,7 +903,11 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname)
 		strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 rollback:
-	device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+	err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+	if (err) {
+		memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
 	hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);