net: handle errors from device_rename
device_rename can fail with -EEXIST or -ENOMEM, so handle any
problems.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a1607bc..ce88c0d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -903,7 +903,11 @@
strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
rollback:
- device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+ err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+ if (err) {
+ memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+ return err;
+ }
write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);