Re: [PATCH net] sctp: fix a success return may hide an error

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 08:52:58PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> Now in the end of sctp_outq_flush, sctp calls sctp_packet_transmit
> in a loop. The return of current sctp_packet_transmit always covers
> the prior one's. If the last call of sctp_packet_transmit return a
> success, it may hide the error that returns from the prior call.
> 
> This patch is to fix this by keeping the old error until the new
> error returns from sctp_packet_transmit. Did TAHI test against this
> fix, no regression is found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/sctp/outqueue.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
> index 72e54a4..b97c8ad 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
> @@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ sctp_flush_out:
>  						      send_ready);
>  		packet = &t->packet;
>  		if (!sctp_packet_empty(packet))
> -			error = sctp_packet_transmit(packet, gfp);
> +			error = sctp_packet_transmit(packet, gfp) ? : error;
>  
>  		/* Clear the burst limited state, if any */
>  		sctp_transport_burst_reset(t);
> -- 
> 2.1.0
> 
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Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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