3 files changed, 6 insertions, 39 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 */
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 6881e65944c8..99e7052d7323 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -808,9 +808,6 @@ static int netdev_uevent(struct device *d, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net))
-		return 0;
-
 	/* pass interface to uevent. */
 	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "INTERFACE=%s", dev->name);
 	if (retval)
@@ -869,9 +866,6 @@ void netdev_unregister_kobject(struct net_device * net)
 
 	kobject_get(&dev->kobj);
 
-	if (!net_eq(dev_net(net), &init_net))
-		return;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
 	rx_queue_remove_kobjects(net);
 #endif
@@ -886,6 +880,7 @@ int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_device *net)
 	const struct attribute_group **groups = net->sysfs_groups;
 	int error = 0;
 
+	device_initialize(dev);
 	dev->class = &net_class;
 	dev->platform_data = net;
 	dev->groups = groups;
@@ -908,9 +903,6 @@ int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_device *net)
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
-	if (!net_eq(dev_net(net), &init_net))
-		return 0;
-
 	error = device_add(dev);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -939,12 +931,6 @@ void netdev_class_remove_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_class_create_file);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_class_remove_file);
 
-void netdev_initialize_kobject(struct net_device *net)
-{
-	struct device *device = &(net->dev);
-	device_initialize(device);
-}
-
 int netdev_kobject_init(void)
 {
 	kobj_ns_type_register(&net_ns_type_operations);
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.h b/net/core/net-sysfs.h
index 14e7524260b3..805555e8b187 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.h
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.h
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 int netdev_kobject_init(void);
 int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_device *);
 void netdev_unregister_kobject(struct net_device *);
-void netdev_initialize_kobject(struct net_device *);
 #endif