netdev - [PATCH 2/4] ip: return correct exit code on route failure

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Date:	Wed,  6 May 2015 09:58:01 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ip: return correct exit code on route failure

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>

If kernel complains about ip route request, exit status should be
2 not 1.

This fixes regression introduced by:
commit 42ecedd4bae534fc688194a795eb4548c6530cda
Author: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 17 19:26:32 2015 -0700

    fix ip -force -batch to continue on errors
---
 ip/iproute.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ip/iproute.c b/ip/iproute.c
index e0a6159..06aea6f 100644
--- a/ip/iproute.c
+++ b/ip/iproute.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static int iproute_modify(int cmd, unsigned flags, int argc, char **argv)
 		req.r.rtm_family = AF_INET;
 
 	if (rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, 0, 0, NULL) < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return -2;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.1.4

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