Re: [PATCH linux-next v2] net/ipv4: return the real errno instead of -EINVAL

[Vadim Fedorenko]

On 07/08/2023 02:54, xu.xin.sc@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For now, No matter what error pointer ip_neigh_for_gw() returns,
> ip_finish_output2() always return -EINVAL, which may mislead the upper
> users.
>
> For exemple, an application uses sendto to send an UDP packet, but when the
> neighbor table overflows, sendto() will get a value of -EINVAL, and it will
> cause users to waste a lot of time checking parameters for errors.
>
> Return the real errno instead of -EINVAL.
>
> Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Si Hao <si.hao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@xxxxxxxxx>