netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Make gro complete function to return void

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Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 09:45:09 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
Cc: edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, dsahern@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Make gro complete function to return void

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 04:44:30PM +0300, Parav Pandit wrote:
> tcp_gro_complete() function only updates the skb fields related to GRO
> and it always returns zero. All the 3 drivers which are using it
> do not check for the return value either.
> 
> Change it to return void instead which simplifies its callers as
> error handing becomes unnecessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>