@@ -2928,11 +2928,6 @@ static struct nexthop *nexthop_add(struct net *net, struct nh_config *cfg,
struct nexthop *nh;
int err;
- if (cfg->nlflags & NLM_F_REPLACE && !cfg->nh_id) {
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Replace requires nexthop id");
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- }
-
if (!cfg->nh_id) {
cfg->nh_id = nh_find_unused_id(net);
if (!cfg->nh_id) {
@@ -3247,6 +3242,12 @@ static int rtm_new_nexthop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
if (err)
goto out;
+ if (cfg.nlflags & NLM_F_REPLACE && !cfg.nh_id) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Replace requires nexthop id");
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
err = rtm_to_nh_config_rtnl(net, tb, &cfg, extack);
if (!err)
goto out;
nexthop_add() checks if NLM_F_REPLACE is specified without non-zero NHA_ID, which does not require RTNL. Let's move the check to rtm_new_nexthop(). Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com> --- net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)