Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: fix error code in rtnl_newlink()

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

> [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: fix error code in rtnl_newlink()

This should be tagged for net.git.

Otherwise looks good to me.


> If rtnl_get_peer_net() fails, then propagate the error code.  Don't
> return success.
> 
> Fixes: 48327566769a ("rtnetlink: fix double call of rtnl_link_get_net_ifla()")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> ---
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index ab5f201bf0ab..ebcfc2debf1a 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -3972,8 +3972,10 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>  
>  		if (ops->peer_type) {
>  			peer_net = rtnl_get_peer_net(ops, data, extack);
> -			if (IS_ERR(peer_net))
> +			if (IS_ERR(peer_net)) {
> +				ret = PTR_ERR(peer_net);
>  				goto put_ops;
> +			}
>  			if (peer_net)
>  				rtnl_nets_add(&rtnl_nets, peer_net);
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.45.2