netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: fix error code getting shifted with 4 in dsa_slave_get_sset

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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 00:54:01 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: fix error code getting shifted with 4 in dsa_slave_get_sset_count

On Sun, May 09, 2021 at 10:35:27AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 5/9/2021 4:55 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> I would have a preference for keeping the count variable and treating it
> specifically in case it is negative.

Thanks. I hope I've understood you correctly that renaming "err" back to
"count" was all that you were asking for. Anyway, patch is superseded by
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20210509193338.451174-1-olteanv@gmail.com/