Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr: Improvements to the code of pvc_xmit

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Oct 04 2020 - 18:12:27 EST


From: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 15:41:05 -0700

> 1. Keep the code for the normal (non-error) flow at the lowest
> indentation level. And use "goto drop" for all error handling.
>
> 2. Replace code that pads short Ethernet frames with a "__skb_pad" call.
>
> 3. Change "dev_kfree_skb" to "kfree_skb" in error handling code.
> "kfree_skb" is the correct function to call when dropping an skb due to
> an error. "dev_kfree_skb", which is an alias of "consume_skb", is for
> dropping skbs normally (not due to an error).
>
> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.