From 5f9021cfdc3524a4c5e3d7ae2d049eb7adcd6776 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:20:31 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] rtnetlink: propagate error from dev_change_flags in do_setlink() Unlike ifconfig, iproute doesn't report an error when setting an interface up fails: (example: put wireless network mac80211 interface into repeater mode with iwconfig but do not set a peer MAC address, it should fail with -ENOLINK) without patch: # ip link set wlan0 up ; echo $? 0 # with patch: # ip link set wlan0 up ; echo $? RTNETLINK answers: Link has been severed 2 # Propagate the return value from dev_change_flags() to fix this. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Tested-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 31f29d2989f..4dfb6b4d455 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -878,7 +878,9 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm, if (ifm->ifi_change) flags = (flags & ifm->ifi_change) | (dev->flags & ~ifm->ifi_change); - dev_change_flags(dev, flags); + err = dev_change_flags(dev, flags); + if (err < 0) + goto errout; } if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) -- 2.20.1