Re: [PATCH] net/ipv6: Fix a test against 'ipv6_find_idev()' return value
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2018-12-30 20:33:55
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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2018-12-30 20:33:55
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From: Christophe JAILLET <redacted> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:28:21 +0100
'ipv6_find_idev()' returns NULL on error, not an error pointer.
Update the test accordingly and return -ENOBUFS, as already done in
'addrconf_add_dev()', if NULL is returned.
Fixes: ("ipv6: allow userspace to add IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC addresses")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <redacted>Applied and queued up for -stable. Please provide the SHA1_ID in the Fixes: tag next time, I fixed it up for you.