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[NET]: Return more appropriate error from eth_validate_addr().
authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:45:40 +0000 (22:45 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:45:40 +0000 (22:45 -0700)
commitad8e6f98d2f0c1eb5259198500b443355d507feb
tree80694dbe8455fe47053709bd3c14a7edab1a8c24
parent43f94d0a65e10e82158e33eb03770210cb783fd8
[NET]: Return more appropriate error from eth_validate_addr().

Paul Bolle wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9923 would have been much easier to
> track down if eth_validate_addr() would somehow complain aloud if an address
> is invalid. Shouldn't it make at least some noise?

I guess it should return -EADDRNOTAVAIL similar to eth_mac_addr()
when validation fails.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ethernet/eth.c