int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
{
	int ret;
	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);

	BUG_ON(dev_boot_phase);
	ASSERT_RTNL();

	might_sleep();

	/* When net_device's are persistent, this will be fatal. */
	BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNINITIALIZED);
	BUG_ON(!net);

	spin_lock_init(&dev->addr_list_lock);
	netdev_set_addr_lockdep_class(dev);

	dev->iflink = -1;

	/* Init, if this function is available */
	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init) {
		ret = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init(dev);
		if (ret) {
			if (ret > 0)
				ret = -EIO;
			goto out;
		}
	}

	ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name, 0);
	if (ret)
		goto err_uninit;

	dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net);
	if (dev->iflink == -1)
		dev->iflink = dev->ifindex;

	/* Fix illegal checksum combinations */
	if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_CSUM) &&
	    (dev->features & (NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: mixed HW and IP checksum settings.\n",
		       dev->name);
		dev->features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM);
	}

	if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM) &&
	    (dev->features & (NETIF_F_HW_CSUM|NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: mixed no checksumming and other settings.\n",
		       dev->name);
		dev->features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM|NETIF_F_HW_CSUM);
	}

	dev->features = netdev_fix_features(dev->features, dev->name);

	/* Enable software GSO if SG is supported. */
	if (dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)
		dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO;

	/* Enable GRO and NETIF_F_HIGHDMA for vlans by default,
	 * vlan_dev_init() will do the dev->features check, so these features
	 * are enabled only if supported by underlying device.
	 */
	dev->vlan_features |= (NETIF_F_GRO | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA);

	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_INIT, dev);
	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
	if (ret)
		goto err_uninit;

	ret = netdev_register_kobject(dev);
	if (ret)
		goto err_uninit;
	dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;

	/*
	 *	Default initial state at registry is that the
	 *	device is present.
	 */

	set_bit(__LINK_STATE_PRESENT, &dev->state);

	dev_init_scheduler(dev);
	dev_hold(dev);
	list_netdevice(dev);

	/* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */
	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
	if (ret) {
		rollback_registered(dev);
		dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
	}
	/*
	 *	Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network
	 *	device is fully setup before sending notifications.
	 */
	if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
	    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U);

out:
	return ret;

err_uninit:
	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit)
		dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit(dev);
	goto out;
}

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