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[NET] loopback: Panic if registration fails

Because IPv4 and IPv6 both depend on the presence of the loopback
device to function, failure in registration the loopback device should
be fatal.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Herbert Xu 18 years ago
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1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
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      drivers/net/loopback.c

+ 6 - 1
drivers/net/loopback.c

@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ struct net_device loopback_dev = {
 /* Setup and register the loopback device. */
 /* Setup and register the loopback device. */
 static int __init loopback_init(void)
 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);
 module_init(loopback_init);