netdev - [PATCH net-next 07/14] bnxt_en: Do not allow VF to read EEPEOM.

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Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:40:50 -0400
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 07/14] bnxt_en: Do not allow VF to read EEPEOM.

Firmware does not allow the operation and would return failure, causing
a warning in dmesg.  So check for VF and disallow it in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 0ea8466..a699ca54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -1818,6 +1818,11 @@ static int nvm_get_dir_info(struct net_device *dev, u32 *entries, u32 *length)

 static int bnxt_get_eeprom_len(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (BNXT_VF(bp))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* The -1 return value allows the entire 32-bit range of offsets to be
 	 * passed via the ethtool command-line utility.
 	 */
-- 
1.8.3.1