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Message-ID: <492C4C8A.9000202@trash.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:05:46 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1b/2] tc: check for errors in gen_rate_estimator creation

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The functions gen_new_estimator and gen_replace_estimator can return errors,
> but they were being ignored.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> 
> ---
> --- a/net/sched/sch_api.c	2008-11-25 10:51:47.000000000 -0800
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c	2008-11-25 10:54:16.000000000 -0800
> @@ -887,6 +887,14 @@ static int qdisc_change(struct Qdisc *sc
>  			return err;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (tca[TCA_RATE]) {
> +		err = gen_replace_estimator(&sch->bstats, &sch->rate_est,
> +					    qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch),
> +					    tca[TCA_RATE]);
> +		if (err)
> +			return err;

This appears to have the same problem as in HFSC unless I missed more
code movement - changes to the qdisc have already been performed.

> --- a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c	2008-11-25 10:51:47.000000000 -0800
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c	2008-11-25 10:54:16.000000000 -0800
> @@ -1018,6 +1018,14 @@ hfsc_change_class(struct Qdisc *sch, u32
>  		}
>  		cur_time = psched_get_time();
>  
> +		if (tca[TCA_RATE]) {
> +			err = gen_replace_estimator(&cl->bstats, &cl->rate_est,
> +					      qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch),
> +					      tca[TCA_RATE]);
> +			if (err)
> +				return err;
> +		}
> +
>  		sch_tree_lock(sch);
>  		if (rsc != NULL)
>  			hfsc_change_rsc(cl, rsc, cur_time);
> @@ -1034,10 +1042,6 @@ hfsc_change_class(struct Qdisc *sch, u32
>  		}
>  		sch_tree_unlock(sch);
>  
> -		if (tca[TCA_RATE])
> -			gen_replace_estimator(&cl->bstats, &cl->rate_est,
> -					      qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(sch),
> -					      tca[TCA_RATE]);
>  		return 0;
>  	}

There's a gen_new_estimator() a few lines below that is still unchecked.

The remaining ones look fine.
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