netdev - Re: [PATCH] fm10k:Fix error handling in the function fm10k_setup

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Date:	Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:06:13 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, shannon.nelson@...el.com,
	carolyn.wyborny@...el.com, donald.c.skidmore@...el.com,
	matthew.vick@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com,
	mitch.a.williams@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fm10k:Fix error handling in the function fm10k_setup_tc

On Tue, 2015-10-20 at 17:05 -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This fixes error handling in the function fm10k_setup_tc to properly
> check if the call to the function fm10k_open has failed by returning
> a error and if so return immediately to the caller of the function
> fm10k_setup_tc to properly signal this non recoverable failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_netdev.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Is this a version 2 of your original patch you sent out with the same
title and patch description?  It is difficult to understand the reason
for the change without a sufficient changelog (i.e. why the new version
of the patch).
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