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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 7708] New: unregister_netdev() should return
 unregister_netdevice() return code
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:21:11 -0800
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:56:31 -0800
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7708
> 
>            Summary: unregister_netdev() should return unregister_netdevice()
>                     return code
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.19.1
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: low
>              Owner: acme@conectiva.com.br
>          Submitter: benjamin.li@qlogic.com
> 
> 
> net/core/dev.c:unregister_netdev() function is a wrapper around
> net/core/dev.c:unregister_netdevice().  The unregister_netdevice() function
> returns a return code while unregister_netdev() currently does not.  For
> completeness, we should pass the return code from unregister_netdevice() all the
> way to the caller.  unregister_netdev() should not swallow the return code.
> 

Certainly there's some truth in that ;)

Is there some reason why you want to test the unregister_netdev() return
value?