From: Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:50:00 -0500
>> @@ -489,7 +490,12 @@ static int __inet_insert_ifa(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, >> struct nlmsghdr *nlh, >> Notifier will trigger FIB update, so that >> listeners of netlink will know about new ifaddr */ >> rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, ifa, nlh, portid); >> - blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_UP, ifa); >> + ret = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_UP, ifa); > > Why are you doing this assignment if you aren't using the result? > >> + ret = notifier_to_errno(ret); >> + if (ret) { >> + __inet_del_ifa(in_dev, ifap, 1, NULL, portid); >> + return ret; >> + } 'ret' assignment is being used, via notifier_to_errno().