netdev - [PATCH net-next 6/8] bnxt_en: return proper error when FW returns HWRM_ERR_CODE_RESOURCE_ACCESS

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Message-Id: <1536655505-14387-7-git-send-email-vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:15:03 +0530
From:   Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     michael.chan@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/8] bnxt_en: return proper error when FW returns HWRM_ERR_CODE_RESOURCE_ACCESS_DENIED

Return proper error code when Firmware returns
HWRM_ERR_CODE_RESOURCE_ACCESS_DENIED for HWRM_NVM_GET/SET_VARIABLE
commands.

Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
index 582e5b5..8d4ba33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_nvm_req(struct bnxt *bp, u32 param_id, void *msg,
 		memcpy(buf, data_addr, bytesize);
 
 	dma_free_coherent(&bp->pdev->dev, bytesize, data_addr, data_dma_addr);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc == HWRM_ERR_CODE_RESOURCE_ACCESS_DENIED) {
+		netdev_err(bp->dev, "PF does not have admin privileges to modify NVM config\n");
+		return -EACCES;
+	} else if (rc) {
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
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1.8.3.1