[PATCH net] ipv4: nexthop: handle errors in nexthop_init()

From: Minhong He

Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 23:20:43 EST


nexthop_init() ignores errors from register_pernet_subsys(),
register_netdevice_notifier() and rtnl_register_many(), so a partial
initialization can appear successful.

Check each step and unwind the registrations that already succeeded.

Signed-off-by: Minhong He <heminhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 6205bd57aa85..0ad40d93e3b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -4192,12 +4192,26 @@ static const struct rtnl_msg_handler nexthop_rtnl_msg_handlers[] __initconst = {

static int __init nexthop_init(void)
{
- register_pernet_subsys(&nexthop_net_ops);
+ int err;
+
+ err = register_pernet_subsys(&nexthop_net_ops);
+ if (err)
+ return err;

- register_netdevice_notifier(&nh_netdev_notifier);
+ err = register_netdevice_notifier(&nh_netdev_notifier);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_unregister_pernet;

- rtnl_register_many(nexthop_rtnl_msg_handlers);
+ err = rtnl_register_many(nexthop_rtnl_msg_handlers);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_unregister_notifier;

return 0;
+
+err_unregister_notifier:
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&nh_netdev_notifier);
+err_unregister_pernet:
+ unregister_pernet_subsys(&nexthop_net_ops);
+ return err;
}
subsys_initcall(nexthop_init);
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