netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] netdev: broadcom: propagate error code

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Date:   Sat, 3 Dec 2016 10:50:33 -0800
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Prashant Sreedharan <prashant.sreedharan@...adcom.com>,
        Satish Baddipadige <sbaddipa@...adcom.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] netdev: broadcom: propagate error code

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 1:56 AM, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com> wrote:
> Function bnxt_hwrm_stat_ctx_alloc() always returns 0, even if the call
> to _hwrm_send_message() fails. It may be better to propagate the errors
> to the caller of bnxt_hwrm_stat_ctx_alloc().
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188661
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

Acked-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>