From 84683b5b60c7274e2c8f7f413d39d78d3db5540f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Roulin Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:51:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vxlan: vnifilter: fix spurious notification on VNI update When a VNI is re-added with the same attributes (e.g. same group or no group), vxlan_vni_update() sends a spurious RTM_NEWTUNNEL notification even though nothing changed. The bug is that 'if (changed)' tests whether the pointer is non-NULL, not the bool value it points to. Since every caller passes a valid pointer, the condition is always true and the notification fires unconditionally. Fix by dereferencing the pointer: 'if (*changed)'. Reproducer: # ip link add vxlan100 type vxlan dstport 4789 local 10.0.0.1 \ nolearning external vnifilter # ip link set vxlan100 up # bridge monitor vni & # bridge vni add vni 1000 dev vxlan100 # bridge vni add vni 1000 dev vxlan100 # spurious notification Fixes: f9c4bb0b245c ("vxlan: vni filtering support on collect metadata device") Signed-off-by: Andy Roulin Reviewed-by: Petr Machata Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602185138.253265-3-aroulin@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c index f2a202d46892..3e76f4e21094 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int vxlan_vni_update(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan, if (ret) return ret; - if (changed) + if (*changed) vxlan_vnifilter_notify(vxlan, vninode, RTM_NEWTUNNEL); return 0; -- 2.47.3