There is some codes of tun/tap module which did not check the return value of register_netdevice_notifier. Add the check now.
Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m....@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/tun.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index 3d4c245..32ad873 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -2598,8 +2598,16 @@ static int __init tun_init(void) goto err_misc; } - register_netdevice_notifier(&tun_notifier_block); + ret = register_netdevice_notifier(&tun_notifier_block); + if (ret) { + pr_err("Can't register netdevice notifier\n"); + goto err_notifier; + } + return 0; + +err_notifier: + misc_deregister(&tun_miscdev); err_misc: rtnl_link_unregister(&tun_link_ops); err_linkops: -- 1.8.3.1