netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: no need to return rt->dst.error if it is not null entry.

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Message-ID: <2b230990-eeb5-9ea4-7dbc-212bf7ff61a5@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:53:36 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: no need to return rt->dst.error if it is not
 null entry.

On 7/20/17 9:23 AM, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
> index 4d30c96..c290aa4 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
> @@ -3637,13 +3637,8 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff
> *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>                 dst = ip6_route_lookup(net, &fl6, 0);
> 
>         rt = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
> -       if (rt->dst.error) {
> -               err = rt->dst.error;
> -               ip6_rt_put(rt);
> -               goto errout;
> -       }

The above 5 lines introduced the change in behavior, so removing them
should be sufficient.