linux-kernel - [PATCH] netfilter: Should xt_osf_remove_callback() return negative on errors?

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Message-ID: <4AFB3B9D.1080606@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:01 +0100
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: Should xt_osf_remove_callback() return negative
 on errors?

Return a negative error value

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_osf.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

It seems strange that an error return can be positive or
negative, is this maybe required?

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c b/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c
index 63e1905..4d1a41b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int xt_osf_remove_callback(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct xt_osf_user_finger *f;
 	struct xt_osf_finger *sf;
-	int err = ENOENT;
+	int err = -ENOENT;
 
 	if (!osf_attrs[OSF_ATTR_FINGER])
 		return -EINVAL;
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