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Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:11:35 +0800
From:	Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel mlist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 3/6] macvtap: remove the dead branch

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> On 12/05/2013 02:28 PM, Zhi Yong Wu wrote:
>>
>> From: Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/macvtap.c |    2 --
>>   1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
>> index 9093004..d271fb4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
>> @@ -779,8 +779,6 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_put_user(struct macvtap_queue
>> *q,
>>                         return -EINVAL;
>>
>>                 ret = macvtap_skb_to_vnet_hdr(skb, &vnet_hdr);
>> -               if (ret)
>> -                       return ret;
>>
> Assigning the function's return value to ret just to ignore it seems odd.
>
> Might make sense to change the function type to void.
Yes,  this is done in the next patch of this series.

>
> Guenter
>



-- 
Regards,

Zhi Yong Wu
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