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

[Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>]

Le 03/06/2021 à 17:15, David Ahern a écrit :
> On 6/3/21 7:33 AM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> Le 03/06/2021 à 11:50, zhang kai a écrit :
>>> so do not check it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: zhang kai <zhangkaiheb@126.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@6wind.com>
>>
> 
> A patch was sent yesterday, "sit: set name of device back to struct
> parms", to set the name field in params.
> 
Oh yes, it was in my spam folder ...