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| author | Florent Fourcot <[email protected]> | 2022-04-15 18:53:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Paolo Abeni <[email protected]> | 2022-04-19 13:38:31 +0200 |
| commit | ef2a7c9065cea4e3fbc0390e82d05141abbccd7f (patch) | |
| tree | 702690b8888790a2aad9daf0f7f27afee073344e /tools/perf/scripts/python/libxed.py | |
| parent | 8b11c35d97946c51bfa2cafd0d0b07ee18f08349 (diff) | |
rtnetlink: return ENODEV when ifname does not exist and group is given
When the interface does not exist, and a group is given, the given
parameters are being set to all interfaces of the given group. The given
IFNAME/ALT_IF_NAME are being ignored in that case.
That can be dangerous since a typo (or a deleted interface) can produce
weird side effects for caller:
Case 1:
IFLA_IFNAME=valid_interface
IFLA_GROUP=1
MTU=1234
Case 1 will update MTU and group of the given interface "valid_interface".
Case 2:
IFLA_IFNAME=doesnotexist
IFLA_GROUP=1
MTU=1234
Case 2 will update MTU of all interfaces in group 1. IFLA_IFNAME is
ignored in this case
This behaviour is not consistent and dangerous. In order to fix this issue,
we now return ENODEV when the given IFNAME does not exist.
Signed-off-by: Florent Fourcot <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Brian Baboch <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
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