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Date:	Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:04:30 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
Cc:	jon.maloy@...csson.com, allan.stephens@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, roland@...nel.org, sean.hefty@...el.com,
	hal.rosenstock@...il.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] tipc: add InfiniBand media type

On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 05:07:12PM +0800, Ying Xue wrote:
> 
> > --- a/net/tipc/core.c
> > +++ b/net/tipc/core.c
> > @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static void tipc_core_stop_net(void)
> >  {
> >  	tipc_net_stop();
> >  	tipc_eth_media_stop();
> > +	tipc_ib_media_stop();
> >  }
> >  
> >  /**
> > @@ -93,8 +94,17 @@ int tipc_core_start_net(unsigned long addr)
> >  
> >  	tipc_net_start(addr);
> >  	res = tipc_eth_media_start();
> > -	if (res)
> > -		tipc_core_stop_net();
> > +	if (res < 0)
> > +		goto err1;
> > +	res = tipc_ib_media_start();
> > +	if (res < 0)
> > +		goto err2;
> > +	return res;
> > +
> > +err2:
> > +	tipc_eth_media_stop();
> 
> Why do we need to call tipc_eth_media_stop() separately?
> In any failed case, we will finally invoke tipc_core_stop_net() which
> already places tipc_eth_media_stop().

Right, that's not necessary, although I think its cleaner to do have error
handling just be the opposite of initialization, IOW calling tipc_net_stop()
instead of tipc_core_stop_net().

But I don't care much either way, will fix this up for the next submission,
thanks.

> 
> > +err1:
> > +	tipc_core_stop_net();
> >  	return res;
> >  }
> >  
> 
> Regards,
> Ying
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