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ipv4: Fix NULL vs error pointer check in inet_blackhole_dev_init()
authorDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Tue, 2 Sep 2025 06:36:08 +0000 (09:36 +0300)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 3 Sep 2025 23:58:44 +0000 (16:58 -0700)
The inetdev_init() function never returns NULL.  Check for error
pointers instead.

Fixes: 22600596b675 ("ipv4: give an IPv4 dev to blackhole_netdev")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aLaQWL9NguWmeM1i@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv4/devinet.c

index c47d3828d4f6563346619c9b1ac7aec437bd086d..942a887bf089301bcdb477309de5f39b54c67019 100644 (file)
@@ -340,14 +340,13 @@ static void inetdev_destroy(struct in_device *in_dev)
 
 static int __init inet_blackhole_dev_init(void)
 {
-       int err = 0;
+       struct in_device *in_dev;
 
        rtnl_lock();
-       if (!inetdev_init(blackhole_netdev))
-               err = -ENOMEM;
+       in_dev = inetdev_init(blackhole_netdev);
        rtnl_unlock();
 
-       return err;
+       return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(in_dev);
 }
 late_initcall(inet_blackhole_dev_init);