Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] netpoll: Make netpoll_send_udp return status instead of void

From: Maksym Kutsevol
Date: Wed Aug 28 2024 - 19:16:55 EST


Hey Jakub,

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 6:58 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:33:48 -0700 Maksym Kutsevol wrote:
> > netpoll_send_udp can return if send was successful.
> > It will allow client code to be aware of the send status.
> >
> > Possible return values are the result of __netpoll_send_skb (cast to int)
> > and -ENOMEM. This doesn't cover the case when TX was not successful
> > instantaneously and was scheduled for later, __netpoll__send_skb returns
> > success in that case.
>
> no need to repost but, quoting documentation:
I definitely didn't find this doc, thanks for the link, looked at it,
and I see at least another error in
this submission - there's no designation which tree it's for, it
should be net-next. Will follow
the doc for in the future.