ipv4/fib: don't warn when primary address is missing if in_dev is dead
authorPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 21 Apr 2016 20:23:31 +0000 (22:23 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 19 May 2016 00:06:36 +0000 (17:06 -0700)
[ Upstream commit 391a20333b8393ef2e13014e6e59d192c5594471 ]

After commit fbd40ea0180a ("ipv4: Don't do expensive useless work
during inetdev destroy.") when deleting an interface,
fib_del_ifaddr() can be executed without any primary address
present on the dead interface.

The above is safe, but triggers some "bug: prim == NULL" warnings.

This commit avoids warning if the in_dev is dead

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c

index 8a9246deccfeb0c7ed6a4272c60a907750e907e8..63566ec54794db8213c2c935d75c2ba32dd71d61 100644 (file)
@@ -904,7 +904,11 @@ void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct in_ifaddr *iprim)
        if (ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_SECONDARY) {
                prim = inet_ifa_byprefix(in_dev, any, ifa->ifa_mask);
                if (!prim) {
-                       pr_warn("%s: bug: prim == NULL\n", __func__);
+                       /* if the device has been deleted, we don't perform
+                        * address promotion
+                        */
+                       if (!in_dev->dead)
+                               pr_warn("%s: bug: prim == NULL\n", __func__);
                        return;
                }
                if (iprim && iprim != prim) {