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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4868e6734509..fe054cbd41e9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(devnet_rename_sem);
static inline void dev_base_seq_inc(struct net *net)
{
- while (++net->dev_base_seq == 0)
- ;
+ unsigned int val = net->dev_base_seq + 1;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(net->dev_base_seq, val ?: 1);
}
static inline struct hlist_head *dev_name_hash(struct net *net, const char *name)