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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c30
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 18148e068aa0..07ebb800edf1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ static int veth_init_queues(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[])
return 0;
}
-static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
+static int veth_newlink(struct net *peer_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
@@ -1776,24 +1776,15 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct nlattr *peer_tb[IFLA_MAX + 1], **tbp;
unsigned char name_assign_type;
struct ifinfomsg *ifmp;
- struct net *net;
/*
* create and register peer first
*/
- if (data != NULL && data[VETH_INFO_PEER] != NULL) {
- struct nlattr *nla_peer;
+ if (data && data[VETH_INFO_PEER]) {
+ struct nlattr *nla_peer = data[VETH_INFO_PEER];
- nla_peer = data[VETH_INFO_PEER];
ifmp = nla_data(nla_peer);
- err = rtnl_nla_parse_ifinfomsg(peer_tb, nla_peer, extack);
- if (err < 0)
- return err;
-
- err = veth_validate(peer_tb, NULL, extack);
- if (err < 0)
- return err;
-
+ rtnl_nla_parse_ifinfomsg(peer_tb, nla_peer, extack);
tbp = peer_tb;
} else {
ifmp = NULL;
@@ -1808,16 +1799,10 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
name_assign_type = NET_NAME_ENUM;
}
- net = rtnl_link_get_net(src_net, tbp);
- if (IS_ERR(net))
- return PTR_ERR(net);
-
- peer = rtnl_create_link(net, ifname, name_assign_type,
+ peer = rtnl_create_link(peer_net, ifname, name_assign_type,
&veth_link_ops, tbp, extack);
- if (IS_ERR(peer)) {
- put_net(net);
+ if (IS_ERR(peer))
return PTR_ERR(peer);
- }
if (!ifmp || !tbp[IFLA_ADDRESS])
eth_hw_addr_random(peer);
@@ -1828,8 +1813,6 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
netif_inherit_tso_max(peer, dev);
err = register_netdevice(peer);
- put_net(net);
- net = NULL;
if (err < 0)
goto err_register_peer;
@@ -1952,6 +1935,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops veth_link_ops = {
.newlink = veth_newlink,
.dellink = veth_dellink,
.policy = veth_policy,
+ .peer_type = VETH_INFO_PEER,
.maxtype = VETH_INFO_MAX,
.get_link_net = veth_get_link_net,
.get_num_tx_queues = veth_get_num_queues,