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    net: allow to propagate errors through ->ndo_hard_start_xmit() · 572a9d7b
    Patrick McHardy authored
    
    
    Currently the ->ndo_hard_start_xmit() callbacks are only permitted to return
    one of the NETDEV_TX codes. This prevents any kind of error propagation for
    virtual devices, like queue congestion of the underlying device in case of
    layered devices, or unreachability in case of tunnels.
    
    This patches changes the NET_XMIT codes to avoid clashes with the NETDEV_TX
    codes and changes the two callers of dev_hard_start_xmit() to expect either
    errno codes, NET_XMIT codes or NETDEV_TX codes as return value.
    
    In case of qdisc_restart(), all non NETDEV_TX codes are mapped to NETDEV_TX_OK
    since no error propagation is possible when using qdiscs. In case of
    dev_queue_xmit(), the error is propagated upwards.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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