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tun: fix return value when the number of iovs exceeds MAX_SKB_FRAGS 

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Currently the tun_napi_alloc_frags() function returns -ENOMEM when the
number of iovs exceeds MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1. However this is inappropriate,
we should use -EMSGSIZE instead of -ENOMEM.

The following distinctions are matters:
1. the caller need to drop the bad packet when -EMSGSIZE is returned,
   which means meeting a persistent failure.
2. the caller can try again when -ENOMEM is returned, which means
   meeting a transient failure.

Fixes: 90e33d4594 ("tun: enable napi_gro_frags() for TUN/TAP driver")
Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1608864736-24332-1-git-send-email-wangyunjian@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
5.4-rM2-2.2.x-imx-squashed
Yunjian Wang 2020-12-25 10:52:16 +08:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent c076e11985
commit 443a71031e
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@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_napi_alloc_frags(struct tun_file *tfile,
int i;
if (it->nr_segs > MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
return ERR_PTR(-EMSGSIZE);
local_bh_disable();
skb = napi_get_frags(&tfile->napi);