netdev - Re: [PATCH] skbuff: make skb_put

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:26:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skbuff: make skb_put_zero() return void

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:28:32 +0200

> On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 12:18 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> Although a bit disruptive, it might be nice to convert all of the
>> other "char *" related data pointers in skbuff based interfaces.
> 
> I think it'd actually be pretty easy, since there are very few cases
> where you need non-void, e.g.
> 
> *skb_put(skb, 1) = 'x';
> 
> Seems pretty unlikely we have that, and in any case the compiler would
> warn (error?) there if skb_put() becomes void.

Actually I am pretty sure I've seen a pattern like that somewhere. :-)