tipc: fix socket flow control accounting error at tipc_send_stream
Until now in tipc_send_stream(), we return -1 when the socket
encounters link congestion even if the socket had successfully
sent partial data. This is incorrect as the application resends
the same the partial data leading to data corruption at
receiver's end.
In this commit, we return the partially sent bytes as the return
value at link congestion.
Fixes: 10724cc7bb78 ("tipc: redesign connection-level flow control")
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 7130e73..b28e94f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@
}
} while (sent < dlen && !rc);
- return rc ? rc : sent;
+ return sent ? sent : rc;
}
/**