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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/loopback.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index 6ba6ed2b480..5106c2328d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ struct net_device loopback_dev = {
/* Setup and register the loopback device. */
static int __init loopback_init(void)
{
- return register_netdev(&loopback_dev);
+ int err = register_netdev(&loopback_dev);
+
+ if (err)
+ panic("loopback: Failed to register netdevice: %d\n", err);
+
+ return err;
};
module_init(loopback_init);