RE: [PATCH net] ice: Fix MAC address setting

From: Keller, Jacob E
Date: Wed Mar 23 2022 - 13:36:51 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 6:58 AM
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> Subject: [PATCH net] ice: Fix MAC address setting
>
> Commit 2ccc1c1ccc671b ("ice: Remove excess error variables") merged
> the usage of 'status' and 'err' variables into single one in
> function ice_set_mac_address(). Unfortunately this causes
> a regression when call of ice_fltr_add_mac() returns -EEXIST because
> this return value does not indicate an error in this case but
> value of 'err' value remains to be -EEXIST till the end of
> the function and is returned to caller.
>
> Prior this commit this does not happen because return value of
> ice_fltr_add_mac() was stored to 'status' variable first and
> if it was -EEXIST then 'err' remains to be zero.
>
> The patch fixes the problem by reset 'err' to zero when
> ice_fltr_add_mac() returns -EEXIST.
>
> Fixes: 2ccc1c1ccc671b ("ice: Remove excess error variables")
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> index 168a41ea37b8..420558d1cd21 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> @@ -5474,14 +5474,15 @@ static int ice_set_mac_address(struct net_device
> *netdev, void *pi)
>
> /* Add filter for new MAC. If filter exists, return success */
> err = ice_fltr_add_mac(vsi, mac, ICE_FWD_TO_VSI);
> - if (err == -EEXIST)
> + if (err == -EEXIST) {
> /* Although this MAC filter is already present in hardware it's
> * possible in some cases (e.g. bonding) that dev_addr was
> * modified outside of the driver and needs to be restored back
> * to this value.
> */
> netdev_dbg(netdev, "filter for MAC %pM already exists\n", mac);
> - else if (err)
> + err = 0;
> + } else if (err)
> /* error if the new filter addition failed */
> err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
>

Style wise, don't we typically use {} for all branches if its needed on one?

I'm ok takin this fix as-is now and doing the {} fix up afterwards if we want to avoid delay.

Thanks,
Jake

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