netdev - [PATCH 3/3] netfilter: ip6_route_output() never returns NULL.

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Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:10:51 +0800
From:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] netfilter: ip6_route_output() never returns NULL.

From: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

ip6_route_output() never returns NULL, so it is wrong to
check if the return value is NULL.

Signed-off-by: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_TEE.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_TEE.c b/net/netfilter/xt_TEE.c
index 3aae66f..4d50579 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_TEE.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_TEE.c
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ tee_tg_route6(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_tee_tginfo *info)
 	fl6.flowlabel = ((iph->flow_lbl[0] & 0xF) << 16) |
 			   (iph->flow_lbl[1] << 8) | iph->flow_lbl[2];
 	dst = ip6_route_output(net, NULL, &fl6);
-	if (dst == NULL)
+	if (dst->error) {
+		dst_release(dst);
 		return false;
-
+	}
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
 	skb->dev      = dst->dev;
-- 
1.7.1

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