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authorNicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>2015-01-27 13:13:08 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-01-30 01:23:25 +0300
commit7b4ce694b2030e7bb41f938cba6a0be4947a5aa5 (patch)
treeae7eee9848ab34d3e9dc7a2db1ede28a4d2a7775 /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parent86b3bfe914f41c2d47d5882d06e1261cc58fb5e9 (diff)
downloadlinux-7b4ce694b2030e7bb41f938cba6a0be4947a5aa5.tar.xz
rtnetlink: pass link_net to the newlink handler
When IFLA_LINK_NETNSID is used, the netdevice should be built in this link netns and moved at the end to another netns (pointed by the socket netns or IFLA_NET_NS_[PID|FD]). Existing user of the newlink handler will use the netns argument (src_net) to find a link netdevice or to check some other information into the link netns. For example, to find a netdevice, two information are required: an ifindex (usually from IFLA_LINK) and a netns (this link netns). Note: when using IFLA_LINK_NETNSID and IFLA_NET_NS_[PID|FD], a user may create a netdevice that stands in netnsX and with its link part in netnsY, by sending a rtnl message from netnsZ. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 07447d1665e6..fedd7ab4085a 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ replay:
dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
if (ops->newlink) {
- err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data);
+ err = ops->newlink(link_net ? : net, dev, tb, data);
/* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
* and unregister it on failure after registration
* so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock.