netdev - Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv/main: Fix check on return value of rtnl_link

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Date:   Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:46:32 +0100
From:   Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
To:     b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org
Cc:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>,
        Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>, kjlu@....edu,
        Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv/main: Fix check on return value of rtnl_link_register

On Monday, 24 December 2018 18.49.26 CET Aditya Pakki wrote:
> rtnl_link_register() may fail and can impact registering the device.
> The fix checks the return value and pushes the error upstream.

Regarding the commit message - what is "batman-adv/main"? Shouldn't this be 
"batman-adv: "?

And the device can still be registered without batadv_link_ops - just not 
using rtnl.

Kind regards,
	Sven

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