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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 5baa86bca876..745965e49f78 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -4850,10 +4850,12 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_notify(struct net_device *dev) if (err < 0) goto errout; - if (!skb->len) { - err = -EINVAL; + /* Notification info is only filled for bridge ports, not the bridge + * device itself. Therefore, a zero notification length is valid and + * should not result in an error. + */ + if (!skb->len) goto errout; - } rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC); return 0; |