[PATCH 2/4] staging: octeon: Propagate rx initialization failures

From: Prashant Rahul

Date: Sun Jun 28 2026 - 03:02:31 EST


Instead of calling panic(), log and propagate the error upwards for
better error handling.

Signed-off-by: Prashant Rahul <prashantrahul23@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
index cd36b5ba6f6c2..66e7253d484de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
* Copyright (c) 2003-2010 Cavium Networks
*/

+#include <asm-generic/errno-base.h>
+#include <linux/dev_printk.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -445,22 +447,24 @@ void cvm_oct_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
}
#endif

-void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
+int cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
int i;
struct net_device *dev_for_napi = NULL;
struct octeon_ethernet_platform *plat = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
struct oct_rx_group *rx_group = plat->rx_group;

for (i = 0; i < TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_PORTS; i++) {
if (cvm_oct_device[i]) {
dev_for_napi = cvm_oct_device[i];
break;
}
}

- if (!dev_for_napi)
- panic("No net_devices were allocated.");
+ if (!dev_for_napi) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No net_devices were allocated.");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }

for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(plat->rx_group); i++) {
int ret;
@@ -479,9 +483,10 @@ void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* Register an IRQ handler to receive POW interrupts */
ret = request_irq(rx_group[i].irq, cvm_oct_do_interrupt, 0,
"Ethernet", &rx_group[i].napi);
- if (ret)
- panic("Could not acquire Ethernet IRQ %d\n",
- rx_group[i].irq);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not acquire Ethernet IRQ %d\n", rx_group[i].irq);
+ return ret;
+ }

disable_irq_nosync(rx_group[i].irq);

@@ -518,6 +523,7 @@ void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
napi_schedule(&rx_group[i].napi);
}
atomic_inc(&oct_rx_ready);
+ return 0;
}

void cvm_oct_rx_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h
index 6093694326cb6..ff3ed3d784a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
struct platform_device;

void cvm_oct_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev);
-void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev);
+int cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev);
void cvm_oct_rx_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev);

static inline void cvm_oct_rx_refill_pool(struct platform_device *pdev,

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