netdev - Re: [RFC, PATCH] net: suspicious test in dev_change

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Date:	Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:05:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...il.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH] net: suspicious test in dev_change_name()

From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:50:09 +0100

> I don't think so: err stores the previous ret meaning rollback and
> is checked for this later. But somebody forgot err can store previous
> (positive) value here, so IMHO you're right: there is a bug in this
> place ;-)

Just not the one Eric is specifically fixing :-)
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