netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: make ndo_get

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Date:   Sun, 08 Jan 2017 18:14:04 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: make ndo_get_stats64 a void
 function

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Fri,  6 Jan 2017 19:12:52 -0800

> The network device operation for reading statistics is only called
> in one place, and it ignores the return value. Having a structure
> return value is potentially confusing because some future driver could
> incorrectly assume that the return value was used.
> 
> Fix all drivers with ndo_get_stats64 to have a void function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>

Applied.