From d71314b4ac88637f9ac2770a9f635babdf6f2ff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matti Vaittinen Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:14:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] IPv6 routing, NLM_F_* flag support: warn if new route is created without NLM_F_CREATE The support for NLM_F_* flags at IPv6 routing requests. Warn if NLM_F_CREATE flag is not defined for RTM_NEWROUTE request, creating new table. Later NLM_F_CREATE may be required for new route creation. Patch created against linux-3.2-rc1 Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/route.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c index 8473016bba4a..05c89be04c9f 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/route.c +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c @@ -1230,9 +1230,18 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg) if (cfg->fc_metric == 0) cfg->fc_metric = IP6_RT_PRIO_USER; - table = fib6_new_table(net, cfg->fc_table); + err = -ENOBUFS; + if (NULL != cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh && + !(cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags&NLM_F_CREATE)) { + table = fib6_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table); + if (table == NULL) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "IPv6: NLM_F_CREATE should be specified when creating new route\n"); + table = fib6_new_table(net, cfg->fc_table); + } + } else { + table = fib6_new_table(net, cfg->fc_table); + } if (table == NULL) { - err = -ENOBUFS; goto out; } -- 2.39.5