netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] [PPP] L2TP: Fix skb handling in pppol2tp

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:51:50 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert.xu@...hat.com>
To:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@...akeasy.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] [PPP] L2TP: Fix skb handling in pppol2tp_xmit

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:43:49AM +0100, James Chapman wrote:
>
> >-discard:
> >-	/* Free the new skb. Caller will free original skb. */
> >-	if (skb2 != skb)
> >-		kfree_skb(skb2);
> > abort:
> >-	return 0;
> >+	/* Free the original skb */
> >+	kfree_skb(skb);
> >+	return 1;
> > }
> 
> Shouldn't this return 0 in the error case and without the kfree_skb()? 
> This lets ppp requeue the skb.

No.  As I described in the changelog, the return value of 0
is only meaningful for ppp_async and ppp_sync.  Returning 0
means that you're congested, not that there has been a
temporary error and the packet should be retried.

Retransmission should be left to the higher protocols.

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