Re: [PATCH] bnxt_en: Fix an error handling path in 'bnxt_get_module_eeprom()'
From: David Miller
Date: Tue Nov 28 2017 - 10:56:13 EST
From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:46:49 +0100
> Error code returned by 'bnxt_read_sfp_module_eeprom_info()' is handled a
> few lines above when reading the A0 portion of the EEPROM.
> The same should be done when reading the A2 portion of the EEPROM.
>
> In order to correctly propagate an error, update 'rc' in this 2nd call as
> well, otherwise 0 (success) is returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied, thanks Chrisophe.
I cannot see any legitimate reason to ignore errors returned here, as
an error would mean a partial read back of the data to the caller.