linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] hv_sock: always return ENOMEM in case of error

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Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2022 10:23:30 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "kys@...rosoft.com" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        "haiyangz@...rosoft.com" <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>,
        Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>,
        Krasnov Arseniy <oxffffaa@...il.com>,
        Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...il.com>,
        Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel <kernel@...rdevices.ru>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] hv_sock: always return ENOMEM in case of error

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 05:05:53PM +0000, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
>From: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
>
>This saves original behaviour from af_vsock.c - switch any error
>code returned from transport layer to ENOMEM.
>
>Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
>Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
>---
> net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
>index 59c3e2697069..fbbe55133da2 100644
>--- a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
>+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
>@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static ssize_t hvs_stream_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk, struct msghdr *msg,
> 	if (bytes_written)
> 		ret = bytes_written;
> 	kfree(send_buf);
>-	return ret;
>+	return ret < 0 ? -ENOMEM : ret;

I'm not sure for hyperv we want to preserve -ENOMEM. This transport was 
added after virtio-vsock, so I think we can return the error directly.

@Dexuan what do you think?

Thanks,
Stefano