netdev - Re: [patch net] team: bcast: convert return value of team_dev_queue

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:55:47 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [patch net] team: bcast: convert return value of
 team_dev_queue_xmit() to bool correctly

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:53:28 +0100

> 
> I forgot to mention this bug was introduced by:
> team: add broadcast mode (5fc889911a99043a97da1daa0d010ad72cbc3042)
> 
> Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 01:34:45PM CET, jiri@...nulli.us wrote:
>>The thing is that team_dev_queue_xmit() returns NET_XMIT_* or -E*.
>>bc_trasmit() should return true in case all went well. So use ! to get
>>correct retval from team_dev_queue_xmit() result.
>>This bug caused iface statistics to be badly computed.
>>
>>Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>>Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

I incorporated the reference to the bug introducing commit and
applied this patch, thanks.
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