netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: l2tp: Treat NET_XMIT_CN as success in l2tp_eth_dev

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:29:32 -0800
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     fgao@...ai8.com
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, javier@....samsung.com,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Feng Gao <gfree.wind@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: l2tp: Treat NET_XMIT_CN as success in l2tp_eth_dev_xmit

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:56 PM,  <fgao@...ai8.com> wrote:
> From: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@...il.com>
>
> The tc could return NET_XMIT_CN as one congestion notification, but
> it does not mean the packe is lost. Other modules like ipvlan,
> macvlan, and others treat NET_XMIT_CN as success too.
> So l2tp_eth_dev_xmit should add the NET_XMIT_CN check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
> index 965f7e3..3dc97b4 100644
> --- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
> +++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int l2tp_eth_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>         unsigned int len = skb->len;
>         int ret = l2tp_xmit_skb(session, skb, session->hdr_len);
>
> -       if (likely(ret == NET_XMIT_SUCCESS)) {
> +       if (likely(ret == NET_XMIT_SUCCESS || ret == NET_XMIT_CN)) {

How could l2tp_xmit_skb() possibly return NET_XMIT_CN?
Note It ignores the return value of l2tp_xmit_core().