netdev - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 094/209] bnxt_en: return proper error when FW returns HWRM_ERR_CODE_RESOURCE_ACCESS

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Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:48:30 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 094/209] bnxt_en: return proper error when FW returns HWRM_ERR_CODE_RESOURCE_ACCESS_DENIED

From: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>

[ Upstream commit 3a1d52a54a6a4030b294e5f5732f0bfbae0e3815 ]

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

Cc: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 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 790c684f08abc..b178c2e9dc231 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
@@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ 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;
 }
 
-- 
2.20.1