[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: rtl8169: Fix return value for rtl_send_common

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Mon Jul 4 19:14:01 CEST 2016


Hi,

On 4 July 2016 at 11:10, Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo at bluezbox.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 4, 2016, at 8:40 AM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 1 July 2016 at 14:22, Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo at bluezbox.com> wrote:
>>> Return value of rtl_send_common propogates unmodified all the way
>>> up to eth_send and further to API consumer if CONFIG_API is enabled.
>>> Previously rtl_send_common returned number of bytes sent on success
>>> which was erroneouly detected as error condition by API consumers
>>> that checked for operation success by comparing return value with 0.
>>>
>>> Switch rtl_send_common to use common convention: return 0 on success
>>> and negative value for failure.
>>>
>>> Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren at nvidia.com>
>>> Cc: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo at bluezbox.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/rtl8169.c | 4 ++--
>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>>
>> But I'd like to see a function comment on rtl_send_common(), and on
>> the driver-model send() method in struct eth_ops, for that matter.
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> Should I submit new version or is it OK to submit new patch with comments
> added to these two functions?

A new patch is fine, thanks.

- Simon


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