Subject: [PATCH net 09/10] net: remove WARN_ON_ONCE when accessing forward path array

From: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:32:32 +0100

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>

Although unlikely, recent support for IPIP tunnels increases chances of
reaching this WARN_ON_ONCE if userspace manages to build a sufficiently
long forward path.

Remove it.

Fixes: ddb94eafab8b ("net: resolve forwarding path from virtual netdevice and HW destination address")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 96f89eb797e8..096b3ff13f6b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static struct net_device_path *dev_fwd_path(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
 {
 	int k = stack->num_paths++;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(k >= NET_DEVICE_PATH_STACK_MAX))
+	if (k >= NET_DEVICE_PATH_STACK_MAX)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return &stack->path[k];
-- 
2.52.0