netdev - Re: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Bluetooth: 6LoWPAN: Modify the error handling in the loop

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Message-Id: <20230329020900.33013-1-jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:09:00 +0800
From:   Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
To:     simon.horman@...igine.com
Cc:     marcel@...tmann.org, johan.hedberg@...il.com, luiz.dentz@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Bluetooth: 6LoWPAN: Modify the error handling in the loop

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 00:09:11AM +0800, Simon Horman wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 02:31:55PM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
>> Return the error when send_pkt fails in order to avoid the error being
>> overwritten.
>> Moreover, remove the redundant 'ret'.
>> 
>> Fixes: 9c238ca8ec79 ("Bluetooth: 6lowpan: Check transmit errors for multicast packets")
>> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
> 
> I see that the error handling is imperfect - only the most recent
> error value is returned.
> 
> But I think this patch introduces a behavioural change: if
> an error occurs then no attempt is made to send the
> multicast packet to devices that follow in the list of peers.
> 
> If so, I'd want to be sure that behaviour is desirable.

I think it's a matter of trade-offs.
The original error handling can complete the remaining correct tasks.
However, my patch can avoid resource waste, because if the an
error occurs, the rest is likely to go wrong.
For example, if a memory allocation fails because of the insufficient
memory, the next memory allocation will likely fails too.
Maybe it is better to use different error handlings depending on the
type of errors:
Immediately return "ENOMEM" errors and continue execute if the other errors occur.

Thanks,
Jiang