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Diffstat (limited to 'net/openvswitch')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c index 903537a5da22..618edc346c0f 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c @@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ struct vport *ovs_netdev_link(struct vport *vport, const char *name) int err; vport->dev = dev_get_by_name(ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp), name); - if (!vport->dev) { + /* Ensure that the device exists and that the provided + * name is not one of its aliases. + */ + if (!vport->dev || strcmp(name, ovs_vport_name(vport))) { err = -ENODEV; goto error_free_vport; } |