From: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com> [ Upstream commit a8db57c1d285c758adc7fb43d6e2bad2554106e1 ] The error code is missing in this code scenario, add the error code '-EINVAL' to the return value 'err'. Eliminate the follow smatch warning: net/core/rtnetlink.c:4834 rtnl_bridge_notify() warn: missing error code 'err'. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 935053ee7765d..7f2dda27f9e72 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -4102,8 +4102,10 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_notify(struct net_device *dev) if (err < 0) goto errout; - if (!skb->len) + if (!skb->len) { + err = -EINVAL; goto errout; + } rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC); return 0; -- 2.25.1