netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] packet: uses kfree

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Date:	Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:56:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	weongyo.linux@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] packet: uses kfree_skb() for errors.

From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  8 Apr 2016 09:25:48 -0700

> diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> index 1ecfa71..4e054bb 100644
> --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> @@ -2042,6 +2042,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
>  	u8 *skb_head = skb->data;
>  	int skb_len = skb->len;
>  	unsigned int snaplen, res;
> +	bool err = false;
>  
>  	if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK)
>  		goto drop;

It is non-canonical to use a variable named 'err' as a boolean.
Instead, all programmers expect a variable named 'err' to be an
integer type and to hold an error code.

Therefore please use a more appropriate name for this variable.

Name it in a way which describes the exact important condition
which is true or false.

Thank you.