linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 227/306] neigh: check error pointer instead of NULL for ipv4_neigh

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:41:40 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "WANG Cong" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 227/306] neigh: check error pointer instead of NULL
 for ipv4_neigh_lookup()

3.16.40-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

commit 2c1a4311b61072afe2309d4152a7993e92caa41c upstream.

Fixes: commit f187bc6efb7250afee0e2009b6106 ("ipv4: No need to set generic neighbour pointer")
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/ipv4/route.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static void __ip_do_redirect(struct rtab
 	}
 
 	n = ipv4_neigh_lookup(&rt->dst, NULL, &new_gw);
-	if (n) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(n)) {
 		if (!(n->nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
 			neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
 		} else {