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Message-ID: <54091c4f-7a7e-66a3-6533-77a739da19b6@solarflare.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:15:58 +0000
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vidya Sagar Ravipati <vidya.chowdary@...il.com>,
        Dustin Byford <dustin@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: ethtool: don't ignore return from driver
 get_fecparam method

If ethtool_ops->get_fecparam returns an error, pass that error on to the
 user, rather than ignoring it.

Fixes: 1a5f3da20bd9 ("net: ethtool: add support for forward error correction modes")
Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
---
 net/core/ethtool.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 494e6a5d7306..3f89c76d5c24 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -2520,11 +2520,14 @@ static int set_phy_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 static int ethtool_get_fecparam(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
 	struct ethtool_fecparam fecparam = { ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM };
+	int rc;
 
 	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam(dev, &fecparam);
+	rc = dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam(dev, &fecparam);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &fecparam, sizeof(fecparam)))
 		return -EFAULT;