ipv6: Only act upon NETDEV_*_TYPE_CHANGE if we have ipv6 addresses

An interface changing type may not have IPv6 addresses. Don't call the address configuration type change in this case. Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
zhenyw · Dec 5, 2015 · 3ef0952 · 3ef0952
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diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3287,7 +3287,8 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 
 	case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE:
 	case NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE:
-		addrconf_type_change(dev, event);
+		if (idev)
+			addrconf_type_change(dev, event);
 		break;
 	}