[PATCH net] ipv4: Fix NULL vs error pointer check in inet_blackhole_dev_init()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Sep 02 2025 - 02:36:26 EST


The inetdev_init() function never returns NULL. Check for error
pointers instead.

Fixes: 22600596b675 ("ipv4: give an IPv4 dev to blackhole_netdev")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/devinet.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index c47d3828d4f6..942a887bf089 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -340,14 +340,13 @@ static void inetdev_destroy(struct in_device *in_dev)

static int __init inet_blackhole_dev_init(void)
{
- int err = 0;
+ struct in_device *in_dev;

rtnl_lock();
- if (!inetdev_init(blackhole_netdev))
- err = -ENOMEM;
+ in_dev = inetdev_init(blackhole_netdev);
rtnl_unlock();

- return err;
+ return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(in_dev);
}
late_initcall(inet_blackhole_dev_init);

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2.47.2