Re: [PATCH] net: change return values in mac_pton() function

[David Miller]

From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:03 +0300

> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The original commit adding this function noted a diverge from usual
>> 0=success/-E=fail, but no motivation for it.
> 
> I thought it was obvious, but indeed wasn't explicitely
> mentioned in changelog. But see inet_pton(3).

Agreed it's better for mac_pton() to be consistent with existing,
similar, interfaces like inet_pton.
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