netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH 51/51] lib/bpf: Check return value of write()

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:35:01 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH 51/51] lib/bpf: Check return value of write()

On 08/14/2017 07:25 PM, Phil Sutter wrote:
[...]
> But I really think we shouldn't make such a fuss about it - writing to
> stderr either always works or we're in trouble everywhere. This patch
> was merely to shut gcc up, so no need to waste much energy on a scenario
> which won't happen anyway.

Yup, fair enough, makes sense.

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>