tty: make receive_buf() return the amout of bytes received
it makes it simpler to keep track of the amount of
bytes received and simplifies how flush_to_ldisc counts
the remaining bytes. It also fixes a bug of lost bytes
on n_tty when flushing too many bytes via the USB
serial gadget driver.
Tested-by: Stefan Bigler <stefan.bigler@keymile.com>
Tested-by: Toby Gray <toby.gray@realvnc.com>
Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/net/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip.c
index 86cbb9e..86718d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -670,16 +670,17 @@
* in parallel
*/
-static void slip_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp,
- char *fp, int count)
+static unsigned int slip_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
+ const unsigned char *cp, char *fp, int count)
{
struct slip *sl = tty->disc_data;
+ int bytes = count;
if (!sl || sl->magic != SLIP_MAGIC || !netif_running(sl->dev))
- return;
+ return -ENODEV;
/* Read the characters out of the buffer */
- while (count--) {
+ while (bytes--) {
if (fp && *fp++) {
if (!test_and_set_bit(SLF_ERROR, &sl->flags))
sl->dev->stats.rx_errors++;
@@ -693,6 +694,8 @@
#endif
slip_unesc(sl, *cp++);
}
+
+ return count;
}
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