netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] packet: tx_ring: allow the user to choose tx data offset

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Date:	Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:54:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paul.chavent@...c.net
Cc:	Paul.Chavent@...ra.fr, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] packet: tx_ring: allow the user to choose
 tx data offset

From: Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@...c.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:22:07 +0100

> It seems that the user can already fire an error msg by simply pass a
> too long tp_len.
> 
> Though, should i remove it from the tpacket_fill_skb function and
> silently return -EINVAL ?

Returning an error is much better than emitting log messages,
always.
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