[PATCH] net: ethernet: mellanox: return errno instead of 1

Subsystems: mellanox mlx5 core vpi driver, networking drivers, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-12-23 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] net: ethernet: mellanox: return errno instead of 1

From: Qing Wang <hidden>
Date: 2021-12-23 02:24:49

From: Wang Qing <redacted>

mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_create() better return specific error than 1

Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
index d290d72..04cda3d
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_create(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 				    PTR_ERR(agent));
 
 		kvfree(priv->stats_agent.buf);
-		return IS_ERR_OR_NULL(agent);
+		return agent ? PTR_ERR(agent) : -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	priv->stats_agent.agent = agent;
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: mellanox: return errno instead of 1

From: Saeed Mahameed <hidden>
Date: 2021-12-23 19:35:01

On Wed, 2021-12-22 at 18:24 -0800, Qing Wang wrote:
quoted hunk
From: Wang Qing <redacted>

mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_create() better return specific error than 1

Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git
a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
index d290d72..04cda3d
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/hv_vhca_stats.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_create(struct mlx5e_priv
*priv)
                                    PTR_ERR(agent));
 
                kvfree(priv->stats_agent.buf);
-               return IS_ERR_OR_NULL(agent);
+               return agent ? PTR_ERR(agent) : -ENODEV;
the single caller of this function ignores the return value,
I just made a patch to void the return value and added you as Reported-
by.

Thanks !

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