netdev - Re: [PATCH 07/39] wimax: generic WiMAX device management (registration, deregistration, etc)

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Date:	Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:02:46 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, wimax@...uxwimax.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/39] wimax: generic WiMAX device management (registration,
 deregistration, etc)

Inaky Perez-Gonzalez wrote:
> On Thursday 27 November 2008, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>>>
>>> +	result = nla_put_u64(reply_skb, WIMAX_GNL_RESULT_CODE, (u64) code_s64);
>>> +	if (result < 0)
>>> +		dev_err(dev, "Error putting attribute: %d\n", result);
>> This is not how netlink protocols should treat errors.
>> It should return -ENOSPC (everywhere else also of course).
> 
> Other than the fact that this function is gone after Johannes comments
> (so for everywhere else), wouldn't returning the -EMSGSIZE nla_put_*() 
> returns enough?
> 
> I changed all of them to be something like:
> 
> result = nla_put*();
> if (result < 0)
> 	goto error path /* release skb/msg, return result */

That looks fine.
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