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Date:	Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:46:50 -0200
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...hat.com>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ip_tunnel: Move stats update to
 iptunnel_xmit()

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:21:27AM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 24/12/2015 00:52, Pravin B Shelar a écrit :
> [snip]
> >diff --git a/net/tipc/udp_media.c b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
> >index 6af78c6..d63a911 100644
> >--- a/net/tipc/udp_media.c
> >+++ b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
> >@@ -182,15 +182,9 @@ static int tipc_udp_send_msg(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
> >  			goto tx_error;
> >  		}
> >  		ttl = ip4_dst_hoplimit(&rt->dst);
> >-		err = udp_tunnel_xmit_skb(rt, ub->ubsock->sk, skb,
> >-					  src->ipv4.s_addr,
> >-					  dst->ipv4.s_addr, 0, ttl, 0,
> >-					  src->udp_port, dst->udp_port,
> >-					  false, true);
> >-		if (err < 0) {
> >-			ip_rt_put(rt);
> >-			goto tx_error;
> >-		}
> >+		udp_tunnel_xmit_skb(rt, ub->ubsock->sk, skb, src->ipv4.s_addr,
> >+				    dst->ipv4.s_addr, 0, ttl, 0, src->udp_port,
> >+				    dst->udp_port, false, true);
> I don't know how tipc works, but this change is clearly suspect. What make the
> error path not needed anymore after your patch?

I looked into it as well. As far as I see, err could only be positive or 0, so
if there is a tipc bug here, Pravin's patch introduces no regression. Or did I
fail to see how udp_tunnel_xmit_skb could return a negative value?

Cascardo.
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