[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix error number handling
Nélio Laranjeiro
nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Tue Jun 5 08:52:46 CEST 2018
On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 10:37:31AM -0700, Yongseok Koh wrote:
> rte_errno should be saved only if error has occurred because rte_errno
> could have garbage value.
>
> Fixes: a6d83b6a9209 ("net/mlx5: standardize on negative errno values")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> index 994be05be..eaffe7495 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> @@ -3561,7 +3561,8 @@ mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> /* The flow does not match. */
> continue;
> }
> - ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
> + if (ret)
> + ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
> if (flow)
> mlx5_flow_list_destroy(dev, &priv->flows, flow);
> exit:
> --
> 2.11.0
This patch is not enough, the returned value being -rte_errno if no
error is detected by the function it cannot set rte_errno nor return it.
Thanks,
--
Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND
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