[IPV6]: Make sure fib6_rule_lookup doesn't return NULL
The callers of fib6_rule_lookup don't expect it to return NULL,
therefore it must return ip6_null_entry whenever fib_rule_lookup fails.
Signed-off-by: Ville Nuorvala <vnuorval@tcs.hut.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index bf9bba8..22a2fdb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@
if (arg.rule)
fib_rule_put(arg.rule);
- return (struct dst_entry *) arg.result;
+ if (arg.result)
+ return (struct dst_entry *) arg.result;
+
+ dst_hold(&ip6_null_entry.u.dst);
+ return &ip6_null_entry.u.dst;
}
static int fib6_rule_action(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *flp,