linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: Use -ETIMEDOUT for HV_STATUS_TIME

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Message-ID: <aN7-ryUqFNpgsIzI@skinsburskii.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 15:37:35 -0700
From: Stanislav Kinsburskii <skinsburskii@...ux.microsoft.com>
To: Easwar Hariharan <easwar.hariharan@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
	Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@...ux.microsoft.com>,
	"open list:Hyper-V/Azure CORE AND DRIVERS" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: Use -ETIMEDOUT for HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT
 instead of -EIO

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 10:13:46PM +0000, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> Use the -ETIMEDOUT errno value as the correct 1:1 match for the
> hypervisor timeout status
> 

The commit message should answer the question why this change is being
made.
Is there a practical reason for this or is it only for consistensy?

Thanks,
Stanislav

> Fixes: 3817854ba89201 ("hyperv: Log hypercall status codes as strings")
> Signed-off-by: Easwar Hariharan <easwar.hariharan@...ux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/hv_common.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_common.c b/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> index 49898d10fafff..9b51b67d54cc8 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static const struct hv_status_info hv_status_infos[] = {
>  	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_INVALID_LP_INDEX,		-EIO),
>  	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_INVALID_REGISTER_VALUE,		-EIO),
>  	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_OPERATION_FAILED,		-EIO),
> -	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT,			-EIO),
> +	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT,			-ETIMEDOUT),
>  	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_CALL_PENDING,			-EIO),
>  	_STATUS_INFO(HV_STATUS_VTL_ALREADY_ENABLED,		-EIO),
>  #undef _STATUS_INFO
> -- 
> 2.43.0