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[PATCH net-next 17/22] hv_netvsc: fix return type of ndo_start_xmit function

From: haiyangz@microsoft.com (Haiyang Zhang)
Date: 2018-09-20 14:40:29
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Subject: [PATCH net-next 17/22] hv_netvsc: fix return type of ndo_start_xmit
function

The method ndo_start_xmit() is defined as returning an 'netdev_tx_t', which is
a typedef for an enum type, so make sure the implementation in this driver has
returns 'netdev_tx_t' value, and change the function return type to netdev_tx_t.

Found by coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 3af6d8d..056c472 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -511,7 +511,8 @@ static int netvsc_vf_xmit(struct net_device *net, struct
net_device *vf_netdev,
 	return rc;
 }

-static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
+static netdev_tx_t
+netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *net_device_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
 	struct hv_netvsc_packet *packet = NULL; @@ -528,8 +529,11 @@
static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 	 */
 	vf_netdev = rcu_dereference_bh(net_device_ctx->vf_netdev);
 	if (vf_netdev && netif_running(vf_netdev) &&
-	    !netpoll_tx_running(net))
-		return netvsc_vf_xmit(net, vf_netdev, skb);
+	    !netpoll_tx_running(net)) {
+		ret = netvsc_vf_xmit(net, vf_netdev, skb);
+		if (ret)
+			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
For error case, please just return NETDEV_TX_OK. We are not sure if the 
error can go away after retrying, returning NETDEV_TX_BUSY may cause 
infinite retry from the upper layer.

Thanks,
- Haiyang
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