[PATCH 1/2] netxen: unregister notifiers if PCI registration fails

From: Can Peng

Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 23:22:15 EST


netxen_init_module() registers the netdevice and inetaddr notifiers before
registering the PCI driver. If pci_register_driver() fails, the function
returns the error directly and leaves both notifiers registered.

That leaves notifier callbacks installed for a module that failed to load.
Mirror the module exit path on this failure and unregister the notifiers
before returning the error.

Fixes: 6598b169b856 ("netxen: enable ip addr hashing")
Signed-off-by: Can Peng <pengcan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index 5ee2bd9d6886..67d9bf69f8f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -3447,13 +3447,24 @@ static struct pci_driver netxen_driver = {

static int __init netxen_init_module(void)
{
+ int ret;
+
printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", netxen_nic_driver_string);

#ifdef CONFIG_INET
register_netdevice_notifier(&netxen_netdev_cb);
register_inetaddr_notifier(&netxen_inetaddr_cb);
#endif
- return pci_register_driver(&netxen_driver);
+
+ ret = pci_register_driver(&netxen_driver);
+#ifdef CONFIG_INET
+ if (ret) {
+ unregister_inetaddr_notifier(&netxen_inetaddr_cb);
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&netxen_netdev_cb);
+ }
+#endif
+
+ return ret;
}

module_init(netxen_init_module);
--
2.53.0