Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Fix return type mismatch in mlx5_esw_vport_vhca_id()

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 00:53:25 EST




On 09/01/2026 11:06, Zeng Chi wrote:
From: Zeng Chi <zengchi@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks for your patch.

Please specify target branch.

The function mlx5_esw_vport_vhca_id() is declared to return bool,
but returns -EOPNOTSUPP (-45), which is an int error code. This
causes a signedness bug as reported by smatch.

This patch fixes this smatch report:
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h:981 mlx5_esw_vport_vhca_id()
warn: signedness bug returning '(-45)'


Missing Fixes tag.

Signed-off-by: Zeng Chi <zengchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
index ad1073f7b79f..e7fe43799b23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ mlx5_esw_host_functions_enabled(const struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
static inline bool
mlx5_esw_vport_vhca_id(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 vportn, u16 *vhca_id)
{
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ return false;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH */


Regards,
Tariq