vti6 interface is registered before the rtnl_link_ops block is attached. As a result the resulting RTM_NEWLINK is missing IFLA_INFO_KIND. Re-order attachment of rtnl_link_ops block to fix.
Signed-off-by: Dave Forster <dfors...@brocade.com> --- net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c index f4b4a4a..d82042c 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c @@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ static int vti6_tnl_create2(struct net_device *dev) struct vti6_net *ip6n = net_generic(net, vti6_net_id); int err; + dev->rtnl_link_ops = &vti6_link_ops; err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) goto out; strcpy(t->parms.name, dev->name); - dev->rtnl_link_ops = &vti6_link_ops; dev_hold(dev); vti6_tnl_link(ip6n, t); -- 2.1.4