netdev - Re: [PATCH net v1 1/2] tipc: fix socket flow control accounting error at tipc_send

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:45:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...csson.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 1/2] tipc: fix socket flow control accounting
 error at tipc_send_stream

From: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...csson.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:00:42 +0200

> Until now in tipc_send_stream(), we return -1 when the socket
> encounters link congestion even if the socket had successfully
> sent partial data. This is incorrect as the application resends
> the same the partial data leading to data corruption at
> receiver's end.
> 
> In this commit, we return the partially sent bytes as the return
> value at link congestion.
> 
> Fixes: 10724cc7bb78 ("tipc: redesign connection-level flow control")
> Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...csson.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>

Both patches #1 and #2 applied, thanks.