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cfg80211: protect fools returning NULL in add_virtual_intf

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Callback add_virtual_intf is supposed to return ERR_PTR and trying to
return NULL results in some "Unable to handle kernel paging request",
etc. As it may be complicated to debug & trace, let's catch it (WARN).

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Rafał Miłecki 2014-11-14 18:43:28 +01:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent c7ab508190
commit d687cbb703
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net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@ -2645,7 +2645,10 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
wdev = rdev_add_virtual_intf(rdev,
nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]),
type, err ? NULL : &flags, &params);
if (IS_ERR(wdev)) {
if (WARN_ON(!wdev)) {
nlmsg_free(msg);
return -EPROTO;
} else if (IS_ERR(wdev)) {
nlmsg_free(msg);
return PTR_ERR(wdev);
}