Bugfix 4432: Don't validate interface name in "check" sub-command.

The "check" sub-command is called by the CLI at "set" time.  The interface
may not be configured, or may be configured but not "up" at this time.
So we don't want to perform any validation on the interface.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/vyatta-irqaffin b/scripts/vyatta-irqaffin
index 1286130..a6b7b22 100755
--- a/scripts/vyatta-irqaffin
+++ b/scripts/vyatta-irqaffin
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # **** End License ****
 
 # Provides sub-commands to:
-#   - Check the validity of an interface name and affinity mask value
+#   - Check the validity of an affinity mask value
 #   - Set the affinity mask to the IRQs being used by an interface
 #   - Reset the affinity mask of the IRQs being used by an interface to the
 #     system default value of all-ones.
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ check_uniproc()
 
 case "$1" in
     check)
+	# Note: We don't validate the interface name even though
+	# it is available as a command argument.  That is because 
+	# the interface may not exist or may not be configured at
+	# the time the check is performed.  
+	#
 	if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
 		print_usage
 		exit 1
@@ -122,10 +127,6 @@ case "$1" in
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
-	if ! get_irqnums $2 ; then
-	    exit 1
-	fi
-
 	if ! get_mask $3 ; then
 	    exit 1
 	fi