netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: parameter p.name is empty

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jun 2021 15:33:25 +0200
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     zhang kai <zhangkaiheb@....com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: parameter p.name is empty

Le 03/06/2021 à 11:50, zhang kai a écrit :
> so do not check it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhang kai <zhangkaiheb@....com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> index b0ef65eb9..4c6b3fc7e 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> @@ -2833,9 +2833,6 @@ static int addrconf_set_sit_dstaddr(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, p.name);
> -	if (!dev)
> -		return -ENOBUFS;
>  	return dev_open(dev, NULL);
>  }
>  
> 
This bug seems to exist since the beginning of the SIT driver (24 years!):
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netdev-vger-cvs.git/commit/?id=e5afd356a411a
Search addrconf_set_dstaddr()

Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>