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ipv4: Fix NULL vs error pointer check in inet_blackhole_dev_init()
authorDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Tue, 2 Sep 2025 06:36:08 +0000 (09:36 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 9 Sep 2025 16:54:15 +0000 (18:54 +0200)
commitb1dbf7ff3cb9c524faa0ec9d781a38eb4194b175
tree73d71149b138cc6339175667a72db50fca2d9f69
parent60328037e5fb110d1b8a1183088f5fb31f583d91
ipv4: Fix NULL vs error pointer check in inet_blackhole_dev_init()

[ Upstream commit a51160f8da850a65afbf165f5bbac7ffb388bf74 ]

The inetdev_init() function never returns NULL.  Check for error
pointers instead.

Fixes: 22600596b675 ("ipv4: give an IPv4 dev to blackhole_netdev")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aLaQWL9NguWmeM1i@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
net/ipv4/devinet.c