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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c25
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d9038e328cc..3a2b8be9e67 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -924,10 +924,15 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
rollback:
- ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
- if (ret) {
- memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
- return ret;
+ /* For now only devices in the initial network namespace
+ * are in sysfs.
+ */
+ if (net == &init_net) {
+ ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+ if (ret) {
+ memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+ return ret;
+ }
}
write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
@@ -4460,6 +4465,15 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
if (dev->features & NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL)
goto out;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+ /* Don't allow real devices to be moved when sysfs
+ * is enabled.
+ */
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ if (dev->dev.parent)
+ goto out;
+#endif
+
/* Ensure the device has been registrered */
err = -EINVAL;
if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
@@ -4517,6 +4531,8 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
*/
dev_addr_discard(dev);
+ netdev_unregister_kobject(dev);
+
/* Actually switch the network namespace */
dev_net_set(dev, net);
@@ -4533,7 +4549,6 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
}
/* Fixup kobjects */
- netdev_unregister_kobject(dev);
err = netdev_register_kobject(dev);
WARN_ON(err);