linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Use -EIO in qla_get

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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:45:48 -0400
From: James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Nilesh Javali
 <njavali@...vell.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Use -EIO in qla_get_tmf()

On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 14:34 +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:24:56 +0200
> 
> Add a minus sign before the error code “EIO”
> so that a negative value will eventually be returned
> as in another error case.

No it won't.  If you look how it's used the consumer doesn't pass on
the error.

James