netdev - Re: [PATCH v5] sctp: Implement quick failover draft from tsvwg

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:03:43 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] sctp: Implement quick failover draft from tsvwg

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 02:45:03AM -0400, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> wrote:
><snip>
> >+
> >+		val.spt_pathmaxrxt = trans->pathmaxrxt;
> >+		val.spt_pathpfthld = trans->pf_retrans;
> >+	}
> >+
> >+	if (copy_to_user(optval, &val, optlen))
> >+		return -EFAULT;
> >+
> >+	return optlen;
> 
> I don't think you can simply return this.  You have to call put_user() with the value to write it back to the User.  See how other get calls are done.
> 
> -Vlad
> 
Yeah, sorry, I had assumed that the put_user for the return code was part of the
common sctp_getsockopt path and didn't go check.  Thanks, I'll respin this later
tonight.
Neil

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