From: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> 'ip rule add' with no additional arguments just adds another rule for the main table - which exists by default. Require at least 1 argument similar to delete.
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> --- ip/iprule.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/ip/iprule.c b/ip/iprule.c index d89d808d8909..b465a80785b1 100644 --- a/ip/iprule.c +++ b/ip/iprule.c @@ -691,6 +691,11 @@ static int iprule_modify(int cmd, int argc, char **argv) }; if (cmd == RTM_NEWRULE) { + if (argc == 0) { + fprintf(stderr, + "\"ip rule add\" requires arguments.\n"); + return -1; + } req.n.nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_EXCL; req.frh.action = FR_ACT_TO_TBL; } -- 2.11.0