netdev - Re: [PATCH] skbuff: make skb_put

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:28:28 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skbuff: make skb_put_zero() return void

On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 17:26 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 
> > *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. :-
> )

Yeah, there are actually a ton of them, and oddly enough my spatch is
failing to catch _one_ of them?? Still refining it :)

johannes