linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 34/88] bnxt_en: fix HWRM error when querying VF temperature

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Date:   Tue, 8 Sep 2020 13:49:20 -0700
From:   Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Marc Smith <msmith626@...il.com>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 34/88] bnxt_en: fix HWRM error when querying VF temperature

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 12:47 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de> wrote:

> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
> > @@ -6836,16 +6836,19 @@ static ssize_t bnxt_show_temp(struct device *dev,
> ...
> > -     return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", temp);
> > +     if (len)
> > +             return len;
> > +
> > +     return sprintf(buf, "unknown\n");
> >  }
>
> We normally just do return -EIO (or other error code) in such cases.

That does seem more appropriate. I will fix it, thank you.

Regards,
Edwin Peer