From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cyrill Gorcunov Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:25:18 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] net, ppp: Report correct error code if unit Message-Id: <20101124162518.GA6450@lenovo> List-Id: References: <20101123214344.GB1839@lenovo> <20101124124901.GA9268@ff.dom.local> In-Reply-To: <20101124124901.GA9268@ff.dom.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jarek Poplawski Cc: LNML , Paul Mackerras , David Miller , linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:49:01PM +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote: > On 2010-11-23 22:43, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote: > > Allocating unit from ird might return several error codes > > not only -EAGAIN, so it should not be changed and returned > > precisely. Same time unit release procedure should be invoked > > only if device is unregistering. > > IMHO this unit release fix should be in a separate patch. > I thought about it, but still think it should be addressed at same patch. Though if a separate would be preferred still -- I've no problem in making two patches instead. > ... > > @@ -2668,10 +2668,10 @@ static void ppp_shutdown_interface(struc > > ppp->closing = 1; > > ppp_unlock(ppp); > > unregister_netdev(ppp->dev); > > + unit_put(&pn->units_idr, ppp->file.index); > > } else > > ppp_unlock(ppp); > > > > - unit_put(&pn->units_idr, ppp->file.index); > > ppp->file.dead = 1; > > ppp->owner = NULL; > > wake_up_interruptible(&ppp->file.rwait); > > Btw, it seems these last 3 lines could be moved similarly. yup, at least ppp->file.dead and ppp->owner for sure, I wanted make this patch 'unit' orientedc and do not touch anything aside, it should be a separate change. > > Jarek P. > Thanks for comments Jarek! Cyrill