netdev - Re: [BUG] problem with BPF in PF_PACKET sockets, introduced in linux-2.6.19

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:53:38 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Cc:	raivis@...lv, netdev@...r.kernel.org, waltje@...lt.NL.Mugnet.ORG,
	gw4pts@...pts.ampr.org, dim@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] problem with BPF in PF_PACKET sockets, introduced in
 linux-2.6.19

From: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:22:20 +0300

> Actually, it can. Return value was used only as sign of error,
> so that the mistake was to return original unsigned result casted to int.
> 
> Alternative fix is enclosed. To be honest, it is not better than
> yours: duplication of couple lines of code against passing return
> value by pointer.

Yes, this version of a fix would work as well.
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