netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] octeon_ep: Validate the VF ID

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Message-ID: <20250910192658.55383c60@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:26:58 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Kamal Heib <kheib@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@...vell.com>,
 Sathesh Edara <sedara@...vell.com>, Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] octeon_ep: Validate the VF ID

On Tue,  9 Sep 2025 09:10:20 -0400 Kamal Heib wrote:
> +static bool octep_is_vf_valid(struct octep_device *oct, int vf)
> +{
> +	if (vf >= CFG_GET_ACTIVE_VFS(oct->conf)) {
> +		dev_err(&oct->pdev->dev, "Invalid VF ID %d\n", vf);
> +		return false;

perhaps a nit, but why did you choose dev_err() over netdev_err()?
The incoming handle is a netdev.
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