On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 04:06:05PM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> >>From sch_api.c:
> > 
> > 
> >>       if (cl_ops->dump && cl_ops->dump(q, cl, skb, tcm) < 0)
> >>               goto rtattr_failure;
> >>
> >>       if (gnet_stats_start_copy_compat(skb, TCA_STATS2, TCA_STATS,
> >>                       TCA_XSTATS, q->stats_lock, &d) < 0)
> >>               goto rtattr_failure;
> >>
> >>       if (cl_ops->dump_stats && cl_ops->dump_stats(q, cl, &d) < 0)
> >>               goto rtattr_failure;
> > 
> > 
> > I can't see any difference between calling ->dump and
> > ->dump_stats? Of course we may forsee this error should
> > jump over cl_ops...
> 
> 
> Why should there be a difference?
> 
> The class passed to both ->dump and ->dump_stats is not a classid but
> a qdisc-internal identifier (pointer, integer, whatever) which comes
> from either ->get or ->walk, and thus is valid unless these functions
> have bugs. Your check would cover the bug up and has no other purpose.

Maybe I miss something, but it's not "my check". I tried
only to "stay in line with the remaining file"...

Jarek P.
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