netdev - [PATCH net 1/4] octeon_ep: fix timeout value for waiting on mbox response

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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:01:11 +0200
From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@...vell.com>,
	Sathesh Edara <sedara@...vell.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Abhijit Ayarekar <aayarekar@...vell.com>,
	Satananda Burla <sburla@...vell.com>,
	Vimlesh Kumar <vimleshk@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/4] octeon_ep: fix timeout value for waiting on mbox response

The intention was to wait up to 500 ms for the mbox response.
The third argument to wait_event_interruptible_timeout() is supposed to
be the timeout duration. The driver mistakenly passed absolute time
instead.

Fixes: 577f0d1b1c5f ("octeon_ep: add separate mailbox command and response queues")
Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_ctrl_net.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_ctrl_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_ctrl_net.c
index 1cc6af2feb38..565320ec24f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_ctrl_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_ctrl_net.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int octep_send_mbox_req(struct octep_device *oct,
 	list_add_tail(&d->list, &oct->ctrl_req_wait_list);
 	ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(oct->ctrl_req_wait_q,
 					       (d->done != 0),
-					       jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(500));
+					       msecs_to_jiffies(500));
 	list_del(&d->list);
 	if (ret == 0 || ret == 1)
 		return -EAGAIN;
-- 
2.41.0