netdev - [PATCH v2 net-next 03/13] net: stmmac: Do not return error code in TC Initialization

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Date:   Wed,  4 Sep 2019 15:16:55 +0200
From:   Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>,
        Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 03/13] net: stmmac: Do not return error code in TC Initialization

As we can still use the remaining TC callbacks, e.g. CBS. We should not
fail in the initialization only because RX Parser is not available.

Signed-off-by: Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>

---
Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
Cc: Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
index 6c305b6ecad0..8dbbbf181ada 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ static int tc_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 	struct dma_features *dma_cap = &priv->dma_cap;
 	unsigned int count;
 
+	/* Fail silently as we can still use remaining features, e.g. CBS */
 	if (!dma_cap->frpsel)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return 0;
 
 	switch (dma_cap->frpbs) {
 	case 0x0:
-- 
2.7.4