ipvlan: play well with macvlan device
If a device is already a macvlan port then refuse to use it as
an ipvlan port in the early stage of port creation.
thost1:~# ip link add link eth0 mvl0 type macvlan
thost1:~# echo $?
0
thost1:~# ip link add link eth0 ipvl0 type ipvlan
RTNETLINK answers: Device or resource busy
thost1:~# echo $?
2
thost1:~#
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index feb1853..a66ff81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
netdev_err(dev, "Master is either lo or non-ether device\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ if (netif_is_macvlan_port(dev)) {
+ netdev_err(dev, "Master is a macvlan port.\n");
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
port = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ipvl_port), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!port)
return -ENOMEM;