Centralize the return for this one function, and this will add the error being printed if it occurs earlier in the function. The same thing will be returned with the logic, so the only thing that will differ is an extra debugging output for an error. Signed-off-by: Ian Cowan <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c index 215af9b3b589..15928e9ce088 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) err = setup_header(skb, netdev, &addr, &addr_type); if (err < 0) { kfree_skb(skb); - return NET_XMIT_DROP; + goto output_error_ret; } if (err) { @@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) dev_kfree_skb(skb); +output_error_ret: if (err) BT_DBG("ERROR: xmit failed (%d)", err); -- 2.35.1