netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Don't log mc removal needlessly

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Date:   Sun, 25 Jun 2017 11:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Don't log mc removal needlessly

From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 15:37:00 +0300

> When mc configuration changes bnx2x_config_mcast() can return 0 for
> success, negative for failure and positive for benign reason preventing
> its immediate work, e.g., when the command awaits the completion of
> a previously sent command.
> 
> When removing all configured macs on a 578xx adapter, if a positive
> value would be returned driver would errneously log it as an error.
> 
> Fixes: c7b7b483ccc9 ("bnx2x: Don't flush multicast MACs")
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>

Applied, thanks.