netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] sfc: allow ethtool selftest and MC reboot to complete on an unprivileged function

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:32:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sshah@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] sfc: allow ethtool selftest and MC reboot
 to complete on an unprivileged function

From: Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:14:54 +0100

> From: Daniel Pieczko <dpieczko@...arflare.com>
> 
> The policy in the net driver is to attempt MCDI commands and
> then handle any EPERM error codes appropriately when returned
> by unprivileged functions.
> The ethtool selftest contains some tests which are useful on
> an unprivileged function, such as the event queue interrupt
> tests, but other tests cannot be performed as the function
> does not have the required permissions.
> 
> If a test returns -EPERM, act as though the test was not run
> and continue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>

Applied.
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