Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6

* 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: (116 commits)
  sk98lin: planned removal
  AT91: MACB support
  sky2: version 1.12
  sky2: add new chip ids
  sky2: Yukon Extreme support
  sky2: safer transmit timeout
  sky2: TSO support for EC_U
  sky2: use dev_err for error reports
  sky2: add Wake On Lan support
  fix unaligned exception in /drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
  Remove unused kernel config option DLCI_COUNT
  z85230: spinlock logic
  mips: declance: Driver model for the PMAD-A
  Spidernet: Rework RX linked list
  NET: turn local_save_flags() + local_irq_disable() into local_irq_save()
  NET-3c59x: turn local_save_flags() + local_irq_disable() into local_irq_save()
  hp100: convert pci_module_init() to pci_register_driver()
  NetXen: Added ethtool support for user level tools.
  NetXen: Firmware crb init changes.
  maintainers: add atl1 maintainers
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index ced9ed8f995..8e317e11553 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -1372,6 +1372,21 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ret = class_create_file(netdev_class, &class_attr_bonding_masters);
+	/*
+	 * Permit multiple loads of the module by ignoring failures to
+	 * create the bonding_masters sysfs file.  Bonding devices
+	 * created by second or subsequent loads of the module will
+	 * not be listed in, or controllable by, bonding_masters, but
+	 * will have the usual "bonding" sysfs directory.
+	 *
+	 * This is done to preserve backwards compatibility for
+	 * initscripts/sysconfig, which load bonding multiple times to
+	 * configure multiple bonding devices.
+	 */
+	if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+		netdev_class = NULL;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return ret;