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 <kaber@trash.net>
Tested-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 31f29d2..4dfb6b4 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -878,7 +878,9 @@
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])