If command is RTM_DELACTION, a non-NULL pointer is passed to rtnl_talk(). Then flag NLM_F_ACK is not set on n->nlmsg_flags and netlink_ack() will not be called. Command tc will wait for the reply for ever.
Fixes: 86bf43c7c2fd ("lib/libnetlink: update rtnl_talk to support malloc buff at run time") Signed-off-by: Chris Mi <chr...@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> --- tc/m_action.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tc/m_action.c b/tc/m_action.c index afb6cfad..986ef7d0 100644 --- a/tc/m_action.c +++ b/tc/m_action.c @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int tc_action_gd(int cmd, unsigned int flags, req.n.nlmsg_seq = rth.dump = ++rth.seq; - if (rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, &ans) < 0) { + if (rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, cmd == RTM_DELACTION ? NULL : &ans) < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "We have an error talking to the kernel\n"); return 1; } -- 2.14.3