netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mv __dev_notify

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Date:   Thu, 05 Jul 2018 09:49:19 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     liuhangbin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sbrivio@...hat.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mv __dev_notify_flags from void to int

From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Date: Wed,  4 Jul 2018 14:29:46 +0800

> @@ -7062,8 +7073,7 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int flags)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	changes = (old_flags ^ dev->flags) | (old_gflags ^ dev->gflags);
> -	__dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, changes);
> -	return ret;
> +	return __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, changes);

By doing this, you will lose any error code returned from dev_open().
That is why we return 'ret' instead of plain '0' here.