Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: no need to return rt->dst.error if it is not null entry.

[David Ahern]

On 7/20/17 9:23 AM, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
> index 4d30c96..c290aa4 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
> @@ -3637,13 +3637,8 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff
> *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>                 dst = ip6_route_lookup(net, &fl6, 0);
> 
>         rt = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
> -       if (rt->dst.error) {
> -               err = rt->dst.error;
> -               ip6_rt_put(rt);
> -               goto errout;
> -       }

The above 5 lines introduced the change in behavior, so removing them
should be sufficient.