netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] vsock/vmci: always return ENOMEM in case of error

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Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2022 15:14:20 +0000
From:   Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
        Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
CC:     Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "kys@...rosoft.com" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        "haiyangz@...rosoft.com" <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Krasnov Arseniy <oxffffaa@...il.com>,
        Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...il.com>,
        Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel <kernel@...rdevices.ru>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] vsock/vmci: always return ENOMEM in case of
 error



> On Dec 1, 2022, at 1:30 AM, Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
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> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 05:08:06PM +0000, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
>> From: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
>> 
>> This saves original behaviour from af_vsock.c - switch any error
>> code returned from transport layer to ENOMEM.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
>> ---
>> net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 9 ++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> @Bryan @Vishnu what do you think about this patch?
> 
> A bit of context:
> 
> Before this series, the af_vsock core always returned ENOMEM to the user
> if the transport failed to queue the packet.
> 
> Now we are changing it by returning the transport error. So I think here
> we want to preserve the previous behavior for vmci, but I don't know if
> that's the right thing.
> 

Agree with Stefano.  I don't think we need to preserve the previous
behavior for vmci.

> 
> @Arseniy please in the next versions describe better in the commit
> messages the reasons for these changes, so it is easier review for
> others and also in the future by reading the commit message we can
> understand the reason for the change.
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefano
> 
>> 
>> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
>> index 842c94286d31..289a36a203a2 100644
>> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
>> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
>> @@ -1838,7 +1838,14 @@ static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_enqueue(
>>      struct msghdr *msg,
>>      size_t len)
>> {
>> -      return vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
>> +      int err;
>> +
>> +      err = vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
>> +
>> +      if (err < 0)
>> +              err = -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +      return err;
>> }
>> 
>> static s64 vmci_transport_stream_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
>> --
>> 2.25.1
> 
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