Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: bridge: break if __br_mdb_del fails

From: Vivien Didelot
Date: Thu May 18 2017 - 11:47:22 EST


Hi Nikolay,

Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> OK good to know. That intention wasn't obvious. I can make __br_mdb_del
>> return void instead? What about the rest of the patchset if I do so?
>
> If you make it return void we will not be able to return proper error value
> when doing a single operation (the else case). About the rest I see only some
> minor style issues, I'll comment on the respective patches. Another minor nit is
> using switch() instead of if/else for the message types but that is really up to
> you, I don't mind either way. :-)

Ho OK I understand better the batch vs single delete operation now.
__br_mdb_do hardly makes sense now, because we don't know which case we
are handling... But factorizing br_mdb_do still makes sense. I'll come
up with something.

Thanks,

Vivien