When link_net is set, use it as link netns instead of dev_net(). This prepares for rtnetlink core to create device in target netns directly, in which case the two namespaces may be different.
Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <[email protected]> --- net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c index c16c14807d87..65a5c61cf38c 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c @@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct rtnl_newlink_params *params) if (!tb[IFLA_LINK]) return -EINVAL; /* find and hold wpan device */ - wdev = dev_get_by_index(dev_net(ldev), nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK])); + wdev = dev_get_by_index(params->link_net ? : dev_net(ldev), + nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK])); if (!wdev) return -ENODEV; if (wdev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154) { -- 2.47.1
