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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6bc2388141f6..44a14b41ad82 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9547,6 +9547,13 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
rcu_barrier();
dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
+ /* We should put the kobject that hold in
+ * netdev_unregister_kobject(), otherwise
+ * the net device cannot be freed when
+ * driver calls free_netdev(), because the
+ * kobject is being hold.
+ */
+ kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj);
}
/*
* Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network