linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/cma: Fix reversed test

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:05:52 -0500
From:   Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>,
        "christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr" <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        "hal.rosenstock@...il.com" <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
        "sean.hefty@...el.com" <sean.hefty@...el.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/cma: Fix reversed test

On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 21:31 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 14:15 +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > 
> > This test looks reverted.
> > We should log an error message only if 'ib_attach_mcast()' fails.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
> > b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
> > index cfefb941d729..175f62e5841e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
> > @@ -3838,7 +3838,7 @@ static int cma_ib_mc_handler(int status,
> > struct ib_sa_multicast *multicast)
> >  	if (!status && id_priv->id.qp) {
> >  		status = ib_attach_mcast(id_priv->id.qp,
> > &multicast->rec.mgid,
> >  					 be16_to_cpu(multicast-
> > >rec.mlid));
> > -		if (!status)
> > +		if (status)
> >  			pr_debug_ratelimited("RDMA CM:
> > MULTICAST_ERROR: failed to attach QP. status %d\n",
> >  					     status);
> >  	}
> 
> Hello Christophe,
> 
> Do you think this patch needs "Fixes:" and "Cc: stable" tags?

It does not.  I already tried to apply it to my 4.10-rc branch and it
doesn't apply there.  In the for-4.11 queue is a patch to improve debug
printouts in the core, and it is that patch that introduced this error.

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