| Message ID | 20100720145209.GE1995@hmsreliant.think-freely.org |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:52:09 -0400 > Hey- > Patch to add -EAGAIN error to dropwatch netlink message handling code. > -EAGAIN will be returned anytime userspace attempts to transition the state of > the drop monitor service to a state that its already in. That allows user space > to detect this condition, so it doesn't wait for a success ACK that will never > arrive. Tested successfully by me > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c index ad41529..646ef3b 100644 --- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c +++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c @@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ static int set_all_monitor_traces(int state) spin_lock(&trace_state_lock); + if (state == trace_state) { + rc = -EAGAIN; + goto out_unlock; + } + switch (state) { case TRACE_ON: rc |= register_trace_kfree_skb(trace_kfree_skb_hit, NULL); @@ -251,11 +256,12 @@ static int set_all_monitor_traces(int state) if (!rc) trace_state = state; + else + rc = -EINPROGRESS; +out_unlock: spin_unlock(&trace_state_lock); - if (rc) - return -EINPROGRESS; return rc; }
Hey- Patch to add -EAGAIN error to dropwatch netlink message handling code. -EAGAIN will be returned anytime userspace attempts to transition the state of the drop monitor service to a state that its already in. That allows user space to detect this condition, so it doesn't wait for a success ACK that will never arrive. Tested successfully by me Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> drop_monitor.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html