Re: [PATCH net v4 2/2] vxlan: reject VNI add when the default fdb entry is nexthop-backed

From: kernel test robot

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 05:42:02 EST


Hi Henry,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on net/main]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Henry-Martin/vxlan-reject-VNI-add-when-the-default-fdb-entry-is-nexthop-backed/20261027-184713
base: net/main
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261027104713.328028-2-bsdhenrymartin%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH net v4 2/2] vxlan: reject VNI add when the default fdb entry is nexthop-backed
config: riscv-defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261028/202610281752.nKGCORKp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 24.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 1da436a23e613c425fc9b868fc8deb979ede47a4)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261028/202610281752.nKGCORKp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610281752.nKGCORKp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c:846:33: error: member reference type 'struct vxlan_config *' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?
846 | !vxlan_addr_any(&vxlan->cfg.remote_ip)) {
| ~~~~~~~~~~^
| ->
1 error generated.


vim +846 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c

819
820 static int vxlan_vni_add(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
821 struct vxlan_vni_group *vg,
822 u32 vni, union vxlan_addr *group,
823 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
824 {
825 const struct vxlan_config *cfg = rtnl_dereference(vxlan->cfg);
826 struct vxlan_vni_node *vninode;
827 __be32 v = cpu_to_be32(vni);
828 bool changed = false;
829 int err = 0;
830
831 if (vxlan_vnifilter_lookup(vxlan, v))
832 return vxlan_vni_update(vxlan, vg, v, group, &changed, extack);
833
834 err = vxlan_vni_in_use(vxlan->net, vxlan, cfg, v);
835 if (err) {
836 NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "VNI in use");
837 return err;
838 }
839
840 /* A default fdb entry that is backed by a nexthop group can
841 * never take a remote; reject before the VNI is installed,
842 * otherwise a failure in vxlan_vni_update_group() would leave
843 * the VNI half-installed.
844 */
845 if ((group && !vxlan_addr_any(group)) ||
> 846 !vxlan_addr_any(&vxlan->cfg.remote_ip)) {
847 if (vxlan_fdb_entry_nh_backed(vxlan, all_zeros_mac, v)) {
848 NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
849 "Cannot add a remote to a nexthop fdb entry");
850 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
851 }
852 }
853
854 vninode = vxlan_vni_alloc(vxlan, v);
855 if (!vninode)
856 return -ENOMEM;
857
858 err = rhashtable_lookup_insert_fast(&vg->vni_hash,
859 &vninode->vnode,
860 vxlan_vni_rht_params);
861 if (err) {
862 vxlan_vni_free(vninode);
863 return err;
864 }
865
866 __vxlan_vni_add_list(vxlan, vg, vninode);
867
868 if (vxlan->dev->flags & IFF_UP)
869 vxlan_vs_add_del_vninode(vxlan, vninode, false);
870
871 err = vxlan_vni_update_group(vxlan, vninode, group, true, &changed,
872 extack);
873
874 vxlan_vnifilter_notify(vxlan, vninode, RTM_NEWTUNNEL);
875
876 return err;
877 }
878

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