Re: [PATCH net v2 2/3] net: devmem: return EMSGSIZE on type mismatch
Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 12:54:14 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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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.