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authorMahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>2014-12-06 15:53:19 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-12-09 16:10:06 -0500
commit764e433b3c43d47e2d19e4bd32fec093421b9cff (patch)
treedac83cf25f3b5407ec27ca7d73210f2ef49a2584 /drivers/net/ipvlan
parent2f33e7d59cb09d9b20d6648086b314f0ba61fb03 (diff)
downloadlinux-764e433b3c43d47e2d19e4bd32fec093421b9cff.tar.gz
ipvlan: play well with macvlan device
If a device is already a macvlan port then refuse to use it as
an ipvlan port in the early stage of port creation.

	thost1:~# ip link add link eth0 mvl0 type macvlan
	thost1:~# echo $?
	0
	thost1:~# ip link add link eth0 ipvl0 type ipvlan
	RTNETLINK answers: Device or resource busy
	thost1:~# echo $?
	2
	thost1:~#

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ipvlan')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index feb185389a87..a66ff8197008 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ static int ipvlan_port_create(struct net_device *dev)
 		netdev_err(dev, "Master is either lo or non-ether device\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	if (netif_is_macvlan_port(dev)) {
+		netdev_err(dev, "Master is a macvlan port.\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	port = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ipvl_port), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!port)
 		return -ENOMEM;