From: Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@ravellosystems.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:01:55 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: rtnetlink: allow using zero MAC address in rtnl_fdb_{add,del}
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f693dff7107063f0ce08502052b78c4d4feb0e87;p=linux-beck.git

rtnetlink: allow using zero MAC address in rtnl_fdb_{add,del}

This is required for multiple default destinations management in VXLAN

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@ravellosystems.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9007533867f0..3de740834d1f 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2109,10 +2109,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	}
 
 	addr = nla_data(tb[NDA_LLADDR]);
-	if (is_zero_ether_addr(addr)) {
-		pr_info("PF_BRIDGE: RTM_NEWNEIGH with invalid ether address\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -2210,10 +2206,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	}
 
 	addr = nla_data(tb[NDA_LLADDR]);
-	if (is_zero_ether_addr(addr)) {
-		pr_info("PF_BRIDGE: RTM_DELNEIGH with invalid ether address\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	err = -EOPNOTSUPP;