netdev - Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: Add error code to detect duplicate state changes

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:28:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drop_monitor: Add error code to detect duplicate state
 changes

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:52:09 -0400

> Hey-
> 	Patch to add -EAGAIN error to dropwatch netlink message handling code.
> -EAGAIN will be returned anytime userspace attempts to transition the state of
> the drop monitor service to a state that its already in.  That allows user space
> to detect this condition, so it doesn't wait for a success ACK that will never
> arrive.  Tested successfully by me
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Applied.
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