Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: ave: fix ave_start_xmit()'s return type

From: Kunihiko Hayashi
Date: Tue Apr 24 2018 - 22:45:42 EST


Hi,

On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:17:25 +0200
Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The method ndo_start_xmit() is defined as returning an 'netdev_tx_t',
> which is a typedef for an enum type, but the implementation in this
> driver returns an 'int'.
>
> Fix this by returning 'netdev_tx_t' in this driver too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for fixing.
I think it's preferable to add 'Fixes'.

Fixes: 4c270b55a5af ("net: ethernet: socionext: add AVE ethernet driver")
Acked-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you,

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
> index 0b3b7a460..95625bca1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
> @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ static int ave_stop(struct net_device *ndev)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int ave_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
> +static netdev_tx_t ave_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
> {
> struct ave_private *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
> u32 proc_idx, done_idx, ndesc, cmdsts;
> --
> 2.17.0

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Best Regards,
Kunihiko Hayashi