Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: Use -ETIMEDOUT for HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT instead of -EIO

From: Stanislav Kinsburskii
Date: Thu Oct 02 2025 - 18:37:47 EST


On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 10:13:46PM +0000, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> Use the -ETIMEDOUT errno value as the correct 1:1 match for the
> hypervisor timeout status
>

The commit message should answer the question why this change is being
made.
Is there a practical reason for this or is it only for consistensy?

Thanks,
Stanislav

> Fixes: 3817854ba89201 ("hyperv: Log hypercall status codes as strings")
> Signed-off-by: Easwar Hariharan <easwar.hariharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hv/hv_common.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_common.c b/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> index 49898d10fafff..9b51b67d54cc8 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static const struct hv_status_info hv_status_infos[] = {
> _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_INVALID_LP_INDEX, -EIO),
> _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_INVALID_REGISTER_VALUE, -EIO),
> _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_OPERATION_FAILED, -EIO),
> - _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT, -EIO),
> + _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT, -ETIMEDOUT),
> _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_CALL_PENDING, -EIO),
> _STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_VTL_ALREADY_ENABLED, -EIO),
> #undef _STATUS_INFO
> --
> 2.43.0