netdev - Re: Problem with sysctl_tcp_congestion

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:29:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sjansen@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problem with sysctl_tcp_congestion_control function

From: "Sam Jansen" <sjansen@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:25:16 -0800

> sysctl_tcp_congestion_control seems to have a bug that prevents it from
> actually calling the tcp_set_default_congestion_control function. This is not
> so apparent because it does not return an error and generally the /proc
> interface is used to configure the default TCP congestion control algorithm.
> This is present in 2.6.18 onwards and probably earlier, though I have not
> inspected 2.6.15--2.6.17.
> 
> sysctl_tcp_congestion_control calls sysctl_string and expects a successful
> return code of 0. In such a case it actually sets the congestion control
> algorithm with tcp_set_default_congestion_control. Otherwise, it returns the
> value returned by sysctl_string. This was correct in 2.6.14, as sysctl_string
> returned 0 on success. However, sysctl_string was updated to return 1 on
> success around about 2.6.15 and sysctl_tcp_congestion_control was not updated.
> Even though sysctl_tcp_congestion_control returns 1, do_sysctl_strategy
> converts this return code to '0', so the caller never notices the error.

Patch applied, thank you.

But please, next time:

1) Provide patches against current sources.  The sysctl_string() arguments
   are different these days therefore the context in the diff was mis-matching
   and thus your patch doesn't apply to the current tree.

2) Provide a proper "Signed-off-by:" line as per linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Thanks.
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