netdev - Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: fix error return code in validate_and_copy_dec

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Date:   Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:44:51 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Eelco Chaudron" <echaudro@...hat.com>,
        "Wang Hai" <wanghai38@...wei.com>
Cc:     pshelar@....org, davem@...emloft.net, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: fix error return code in
 validate_and_copy_dec_ttl()

On Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:07:48 +0100 Eelco Chaudron wrote:
> > Fix to return a negative error code from the error handling
> > case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.
> >
> > Changing 'return start' to 'return action_start' can fix this bug.
> >
> > Fixes: 69929d4c49e1 ("net: openvswitch: fix TTL decrement action 
> > netlink message format")
> > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>  
> 
> Thanks for fixing!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks!