Re: [PATCH net 2/2] ovs/gre: fix rtnl notifications on iface deletion

[pravin shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 2:32 AM, Nicolas Dichtel
<nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> wrote:
> The function gretap_fb_dev_create() (only used by ovs) never calls
> rtnl_configure_link(). The consequence is that dev->rtnl_link_state is
> never set to RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED.
> During the deletion phase, the function rollback_registered_many() sends
> a RTM_DELLINK only if dev->rtnl_link_state is set to RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED.
>
> Fixes: b2acd1dc3949 ("openvswitch: Use regular GRE net_device instead of vport")
> CC: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
> CC: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> index 4d2025f7ec57..c6a46ee87a3a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> @@ -1146,6 +1146,10 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create(struct net *net, const char *name,
>         if (err)
>                 goto out;
>
> +       err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, NULL);
> +       if (err < 0)
> +               goto out;
> +

As the first patch, similar issue exist here. But existing error
handling code already is buggy.

>         return dev;
>  out:
>         free_netdev(dev);
> --
> 2.4.2
>