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    net: move net_set_todo inside rollback_registered() · 2014beea
    Jakub Kicinski authored
    Commit 93ee31f1 ("[NET]: Fix free_netdev on register_netdev
    failure.") moved net_set_todo() outside of rollback_registered()
    so that rollback_registered() can be used in the failure path of
    register_netdevice() but without risking a double free.
    
    Since commit cf124db5 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and
    release of private netdev state."), however, we have a better
    way of handling that condition, since destructors don't call
    free_netdev() directly.
    
    After the change in commit c269a24c ("net: make free_netdev()
    more lenient with unregistering devices") we can now move
    net_set_todo() back.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarEdwin Peer <edwin.peer@broadcom.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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