From 0553c891fabd287726b41076cfd03fe7e5ab596f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kumar Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:07:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ip6_pol_route panic: Do not allow VLAN on loopback Several tests in the ipv6 routing code check IFF_LOOPBACK, and allowing stacking such as VLAN'ing on top of loopback results in a netdevice which reports IFF_LOOPBACK but really isn't the loopback device. Instead of spamming the ipv6 routing code with even more special tests, simply disallow VLAN over loopback. The result of this patch is: # modprobe 8021q # vconfig add lo 43 ERROR: trying to add VLAN #43 to IF -:lo:- error: Operation not supported Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/loopback.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index ea0dc451da9c..d70fb76edb77 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ static void loopback_setup(struct net_device *dev) | NETIF_F_RXCSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LLTX - | NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL; + | NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL + | NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED; dev->ethtool_ops = &loopback_ethtool_ops; dev->header_ops = ð_header_ops; dev->netdev_ops = &loopback_ops;