netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] net: pktgen: fix 'rate 0' error handling (return -EINVAL)

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Message-ID: <20250122144110.619989-5-ps.report@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:41:06 +0100
From: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Artem Chernyshev <artem.chernyshev@...-soft.ru>,
	Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] net: pktgen: fix 'rate 0' error handling (return -EINVAL)

Given an invalid 'rate' command e.g. 'rate 0' the return value is '1',
leading to the following misleading output:

- the good case

	$ echo "rate 100" > /proc/net/pktgen/lo\@0
	$ grep "Result:" /proc/net/pktgen/lo\@0
	Result: OK: rate=100

- the bad case (before the patch)

	$ echo "rate 0" > /proc/net/pktgen/lo\@0"
	-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
	$ grep "Result:" /proc/net/pktgen/lo\@0
	Result: No such parameter "ate"

- with patch applied

	$ echo "rate 0" > /proc/net/pktgen/lo\@0
	-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
	$ grep "Result:" /proc/net/pktgen/lo\@0
	Result: Idle

Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
---
Changes v1 -> v2:
  - new patch
---
 net/core/pktgen.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 28dbbf70e142..75c7511bf492 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file,
 
 		i += len;
 		if (!value)
-			return len;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		pkt_dev->delay = pkt_dev->min_pkt_size*8*NSEC_PER_USEC/value;
 		if (debug)
 			pr_info("Delay set at: %llu ns\n", pkt_dev->delay);
-- 
2.48.1