1 files changed, 5 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6c820650b80f..d273e4e3ecdc 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1002,15 +1002,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
                 return err;
 
 rollback:
-        /* For now only devices in the initial network namespace
-         * are in sysfs.
-         */
-        if (net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
-                ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
-                if (ret) {
-                        memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
-                        return ret;
-                }
+        ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+        if (ret) {
+                memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+                return ret;
         }
 
         write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
@@ -4994,8 +4989,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
         if (dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)
                 dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO;
 
-        netdev_initialize_kobject(dev);
-
         ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_INIT, dev);
         ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
         if (ret)
@@ -5547,15 +5540,6 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
         if (dev->features & NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL)
                 goto out;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
-        /* Don't allow real devices to be moved when sysfs
-         * is enabled.
-         */
-        err = -EINVAL;
-        if (dev->dev.parent)
-                goto out;
-#endif
-
         /* Ensure the device has been registrered */
         err = -EINVAL;
         if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
@@ -5606,8 +5590,6 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
         dev_uc_flush(dev);
         dev_mc_flush(dev);
 
-        netdev_unregister_kobject(dev);
-
         /* Actually switch the network namespace */
         dev_net_set(dev, net);
 
@@ -5620,7 +5602,7 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
         }
 
         /* Fixup kobjects */
-        err = netdev_register_kobject(dev);
+        err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
         WARN_ON(err);
 
         /* Add the device back in the hashes */