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>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip.c
index 86cbb9ea2f26..86718d358395 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -670,16 +670,17 @@ static void sl_setup(struct net_device *dev)
  * 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 @@ static void slip_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp,
 #endif
                         slip_unesc(sl, *cp++);
         }
+
+        return count;
 }
 
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