netdev - Re: net_sched 02/07: make cls_ops->tcf

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Message-ID: <4AA25A51.2040100@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:32:17 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
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CC:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: net_sched 02/07: make cls_ops->tcf_chain() optional

Jarek Poplawski wrote, On 09/05/2009 01:57 PM:

> Jarek Poplawski wrote, On 09/05/2009 10:13 AM:
> 
>> Patrick McHardy wrote, On 09/04/2009 06:41 PM:
>>
>>> commit 6ea4233ef8f398289a14a3305d4ed440fb026d43
>>> Author: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
>>> Date:   Fri Sep 4 14:28:11 2009 +0200
>>>
>>>     net_sched: make cls_ops->tcf_chain() optional
>>>     
>>>     Some qdiscs don't support attaching filters. Handle this centrally in
>>>     cls_api and return a proper errno code (EOPNOTSUPP) instead of EINVAL.
>>>     
>>>     Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>>> index 09cdcdf..eaa8f43 100644
>>> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
>>> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>>> @@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ replay:
>>>  	if ((cops = q->ops->cl_ops) == NULL)
>>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>>  
>>> +	if (cops->tcf_chain == NULL)
>>> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>> +
>>
>> You should probably repeat this in tc_dump_tfilter.
>  
> 
> ...In case somebody finds the way to list a filter before
> adding it. ;-) But, since it's quite unlikely, let's foget it.


...or simply tries to do it instead of meditating the code.
So this change is definitely needed in tc_dump_tfilter too.

Sorry to myself,
Jarek P.
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