Re: [PATCH net v2 2/3] net: devmem: return EMSGSIZE on type mismatch

Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon,  3 Aug 2026 17:14:40 +0000 Mina Almasry wrote:
> When a devmem payload mixes with a standard page payload, return
> -EMSGSIZE instead of -EFAULT. This enables tcp_sendmsg to seamlessly
> fall back to creating a new segment instead of failing the socket send.

Sure but AFAIU this was discovered during a ML discussion,
so the change is an improvement for net-next rather than a fix.
Do you have any reason to believe that real applications hit
the error?

Also please add cover letters for submissions with more than 2 patches.
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