netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] fix return of iptunnel

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Date:	Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:08:49 +0200
From:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:	Andreas Schultz <aschultz@...p.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] fix return of iptunnel_xmit

On Thu,  8 Oct 2015 12:11:54 +0200, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> All users of iptunnel_xmit expect the return value to be the error
> code from ip_output_local, but currently the return value is length
> of the send data on success or zero on error.
> Change iptunnel_xmit returns to match the callers expectation.

That's not true. All users pass the returned value to
iptunnel_xmit_stats() where it is used to increase tx_bytes.

The only exception is tipc_udp_send_msg which should be fixed instead.

 Jiri

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