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 <[email protected]> --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index 1a31736..eeb96c1 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -2641,7 +2641,10 @@ 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, ¶ms); - 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); } -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
