# Re: \[PATCH net\] net: dsa: b53: fix error propagation from b53\_fdb\_dump()

- From: Florian Fainelli \<florian.fainelli@broadcom.com\>
- Date: 2026-08-12 20:24:20 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17404385
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17404339/t.md

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On 8/12/26 13:11, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The blamed commit replaced "return ret" statements in b53_fdb_dump()
> with "break;" which jumps to the mutex_unlock() -> return 0 section.
>
> This is notably problematic because it swallows errors from the
> b53_fdb_copy() -> cb() path, and this will result in FDB dump truncation
> when the netlink skb overflows - see commit 21b52fed928e ("net: dsa:
> sja1105: fix broken backpressure in .port_fdb_dump").
>
> Let's go back to "return ret". We don't need to preinitialize "ret" with
> 0, because the "do {} while" block guarantees we cannot reach the end of
> the function without at least once calling b53_arl_search_wait(), which
> will have initialized ret to some valid value.
>
> Fixes: f7eb4a1c0864 ("net: dsa: b53: serialize access to the ARL table")
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
-- 
Florian

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