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authorRoopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>2015-10-10 08:26:36 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-10-12 19:47:34 -0700
commit8c5b83f0f255542b40a1273c32eb067ec00bb2b2 (patch)
tree23e666959918629d66d8fcf83116eb2aebeb3c1a /net/ipv6/route.c
parent99dcc7dfb1960d5e2f1577ff3aad69dfeb6e9787 (diff)
ipv6 route: use err pointers instead of returning pointer by reference
This patch makes ip6_route_info_create return err pointer instead of returning the rt pointer by reference as suggested by Dave Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6/route.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/route.c32
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 4320ddcac33f..db5b54ad5912 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1724,21 +1724,21 @@ static int ip6_convert_metrics(struct mx6_config *mxc,
return -EINVAL;
}
-int ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg, struct rt6_info **rt_ret)
+static struct rt6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg)
{
- int err;
struct net *net = cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net;
struct rt6_info *rt = NULL;
struct net_device *dev = NULL;
struct inet6_dev *idev = NULL;
struct fib6_table *table;
int addr_type;
+ int err = -EINVAL;
if (cfg->fc_dst_len > 128 || cfg->fc_src_len > 128)
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
#ifndef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
if (cfg->fc_src_len)
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
#endif
if (cfg->fc_ifindex) {
err = -ENODEV;
@@ -1958,9 +1958,7 @@ install_route:
cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net = dev_net(dev);
- *rt_ret = rt;
-
- return 0;
+ return rt;
out:
if (dev)
dev_put(dev);
@@ -1969,20 +1967,21 @@ out:
if (rt)
dst_free(&rt->dst);
- *rt_ret = NULL;
-
- return err;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
}
int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
{
struct mx6_config mxc = { .mx = NULL, };
- struct rt6_info *rt = NULL;
+ struct rt6_info *rt;
int err;
- err = ip6_route_info_create(cfg, &rt);
- if (err)
+ rt = ip6_route_info_create(cfg);
+ if (IS_ERR(rt)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(rt);
+ rt = NULL;
goto out;
+ }
err = ip6_convert_metrics(&mxc, cfg);
if (err)
@@ -2871,9 +2870,12 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
r_cfg.fc_encap_type = nla_get_u16(nla);
}
- err = ip6_route_info_create(&r_cfg, &rt);
- if (err)
+ rt = ip6_route_info_create(&r_cfg);
+ if (IS_ERR(rt)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(rt);
+ rt = NULL;
goto cleanup;
+ }
err = ip6_route_info_append(&rt6_nh_list, rt, &r_cfg);
if (err) {