netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: vxlan: fix crash when interface is created with no group

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Message-ID: <OFEB1030F8.C147FA77-ON87257C9F.005CF370-87257C9F.005CF375@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:55:16 -0600
From:	David Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com>
To:	Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@...ellosystems.com>
Cc:	Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@...ellosystems.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: vxlan: fix crash when interface is created with no
 group

Wouldn't it be better to:

1) make sure all of vxlan_dev is initialized before use,
      especially default_dst
2) change the v6 code to check for AF_INET6 too, and do
      nothing if not set. If not set by the admin, the family of
      default_dst would then be AF_UNSPEC and not match.

                                                     +-DLS

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