netdev - [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: skip metrics loop for dst_default

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:27:16 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: skip metrics loop for dst_default_metrics

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

dst_default_metrics has all of the metrics initialized to 0, so nothing
will be added to the skb in rtnetlink_put_metrics. Avoid the loop if
metrics is from dst_default_metrics.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 8ac81630ab5c..1ee6460f8275 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -751,6 +751,10 @@ int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics)
 	struct nlattr *mx;
 	int i, valid = 0;
 
+	/* nothing is dumped for dst_default_metrics, so just skip the loop */
+	if (metrics == dst_default_metrics.metrics)
+		return 0;
+
 	mx = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, RTA_METRICS);
 	if (mx == NULL)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
-- 
2.11.0