From 25ca6ccb521d2e38e4c97fb824af3dd7cc921ae7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel Rosenhouse <grosenhouse@pivotal.io>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:26:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] host-device: do not swallow netlink errors

---
 plugins/host-device/host-device.go | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/host-device/host-device.go b/plugins/host-device/host-device.go
index 573dc1ce..80c0d0be 100644
--- a/plugins/host-device/host-device.go
+++ b/plugins/host-device/host-device.go
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ func getLink(devname, hwaddr, kernelpath string) (netlink.Link, error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(devname) > 0 {
-		if m, err := netlink.LinkByName(devname); err == nil {
-			return m, nil
-		}
+		return netlink.LinkByName(devname)
 	} else if len(hwaddr) > 0 {
 		hwAddr, err := net.ParseMAC(hwaddr)
 		if err != nil {