Now that netdevice sysfs registration is done as part of register_netdevice;
bridge code no longer has to be tricky when adding it's kobjects to bridges.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


--- bridge.orig/net/bridge/br_if.c      2006-05-04 16:22:29.000000000 -0700
+++ bridge/net/bridge/br_if.c   2006-05-09 11:27:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -308,26 +308,19 @@
        if (ret)
                goto err2;
 
-       /* network device kobject is not setup until
-        * after rtnl_unlock does it's hotplug magic.
-        * so hold reference to avoid race.
-        */
-       dev_hold(dev);
-       rtnl_unlock();
-
        ret = br_sysfs_addbr(dev);
-       dev_put(dev);
-
-       if (ret) 
-               unregister_netdev(dev);
- out:
-       return ret;
+       if (ret)
+               goto err3;
+       rtnl_unlock();
+       return 0;
 
+ err3:
+       unregister_netdev(dev);
  err2:
        free_netdev(dev);
  err1:
        rtnl_unlock();
-       goto out;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 int br_del_bridge(const char *name)

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