netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: make dev_set_mtu() honor notification return code

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:21:17 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: make dev_set_mtu() honor notification
 return code

Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 04:56:25PM CET, vfalico@...hat.com wrote:
>Currently, after changing the MTU for a device, dev_set_mtu() calls
>NETDEV_CHANGEMTU notification, however doesn't verify it's return code -
>which can be NOTIFY_BAD - i.e. some of the net notifier blocks refused this
>change, and continues nevertheless.
>
>To fix this, verify the return code, and if it's an error - then revert the
>MTU to the original one, notify again and pass the error code.
>
>CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
>CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
>CC: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
>Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

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