rtnl/bond: don't send rtnl msg for unregistered iface
authorNicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Wed, 13 May 2015 12:19:42 +0000 (14:19 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 18 May 2015 02:43:07 +0000 (22:43 -0400)
commit9b06d815218bd44ee43a2fd37690f83e400142d5
tree81e17e871cc94d646693470906c7780b904e670e
parentbd5194eca270109852955ec15a1d257d77171a57
rtnl/bond: don't send rtnl msg for unregistered iface

Before the patch, the command 'ip link add bond2 type bond mode 802.3ad'
causes the kernel to send a rtnl message for the bond2 interface, with an
ifindex 0.

'ip monitor' shows:
0: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER> mtu 1500 state DOWN group default
    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: bond2@NONE: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default
    link/ether ea:3e:1f:53:92:7b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[snip]

The patch fixes the spotted bug by checking in bond driver if the interface
is registered before calling the notifier chain.
It also adds a check in rtmsg_ifinfo() to prevent this kind of bug in the
future.

Fixes: 06fb9fbcb924 ("bonding: create netlink event when bonding option is changed")
CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Reported-by: Julien Meunier <julien.meunier@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
net/core/rtnetlink.c