netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/4] net: qede: avoid overruling error codes

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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:48:13 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
	Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/4] net: qede: avoid overruling error codes

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 09:12:22AM +0000, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
> This series fixes the qede driver, so that
> qede_parse_flow_attr() and it's subfunctions
> doesn't get their error codes overruled
> (ie. turning -EOPNOTSUPP into -EINVAL).
> 
> ---
> I have two more patches along the same lines,
> but they are not yet causing any issues,
> so I have them destined for net-next.
> (those are for qede_flow_spec_validate_unused()
> and qede_flow_parse_ports().)
> 
> After that I have a series for converting to
> extack + the final one for validating control
> flags.

Hi,

I'm fine with these patches so far as the code changes go.
But it is not clear to me that they are fixing a bug.

If so, I think some explanation should go in the commit messages.
If not, I think these should be targeted at net-next
(and not have Fixes tags.

Also, if you do end posting a v2, blamed, is misspelt several
times in commit messages.