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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c18
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 18148e068aa0..0d6d0d749d44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -1781,19 +1781,11 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
/*
* 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;
@@ -1809,9 +1801,6 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
}
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,
&veth_link_ops, tbp, extack);
if (IS_ERR(peer)) {
@@ -1952,6 +1941,7 @@ 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,