netdev - Re: Use correct NET_RX_* returns for atalk

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:15:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lk-netdev@...netdev.nosense.org
Cc:	acme@...stprotocols.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Use correct NET_RX_* returns for atalk_rcv()

From: Mark Smith <lk-netdev@...netdev.nosense.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:51:22 +0930

> 
>     In all rx'd SKB cases, atalk_rcv() either eventually jumps to or falls through
>     to the label out:, which  returns numeric 0. Numeric 0 corresponds to
>     NET_RX_SUCCESS, which is incorrect in failed SKB cases.
>     
>     This patch makes atalk_rcv() provide the correct returns by:
>     
>     o  explicitly returning NET_RX_SUCCESS in the two success cases
>     o  having the out: label return NET_RX_DROP, instead of numeric 0
>     o  making the failed SKB labels and processing more consistent with other
>        _rcv() routines in the kernel, simplifying validation and removing a
>        backwards goto
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@...oo.com.au>

Applied.
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