Thanks, I will provide a new patch
> -----Original Message----- > From: netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org] > On Behalf Of David Miller > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:20 PM > To: Yuan, Linyu (NSB - CN/Shanghai) > Cc: cug...@163.com; netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: assign err to 0 at begin in do_setlink() > function > > From: "Yuan, Linyu (NSB - CN/Shanghai)" <linyu.y...@nokia-sbell.com> > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 05:15:35 +0000 > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org] > >> On Behalf Of David Miller > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:08 PM > >> To: cug...@163.com > >> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Yuan, Linyu (NSB - CN/Shanghai) > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: assign err to 0 at begin in do_setlink() > >> function > >> > >> From: yuan linyu <cug...@163.com> > >> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:30:59 +0800 > >> > >> > From: yuan linyu <linyu.y...@alcatel-sbell.com.cn> > >> > > >> > each netlink attribute have proper process when error happen, > >> > when exit on attribute process, it implies that no error, > >> > so err = 0; is useless. > >> > > >> > assign err = 0; at beginning if all attributes not set. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: yuan linyu <linyu.y...@alcatel-sbell.com.cn> > >> > >> This change is not correct. > >> > >> The IFLA_VF_PORTS code block can finish with err set non-zero. > > > > Do you mean this block can return err = -EOPNOTSUPP; ? > > It means nla_for_each_nested() in this block will never enter, right ? > > Yes, that is what I mean.