netdev - [PATCH] mqprio: Avoid panic if no options are provided

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Date:	Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:05:07 +0100
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...hat.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mqprio: Avoid panic if no options are provided

Userspace may not provide TCA_OPTIONS, in fact tc currently does
so not do so if no arguments are specified on the command line.
Return EINVAL instead of panicing.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...hat.com>
---
 net/sched/sch_mqprio.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index f88256c..28de430 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	if (!netif_is_multiqueue(dev))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (nla_len(opt) < sizeof(*qopt))
+	if (!opt || nla_len(opt) < sizeof(*qopt))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	qopt = nla_data(opt);
-- 
1.7.7.4

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