[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: do not return internal code in rte_eth_dev_reset

Luca Boccassi bluca at debian.org
Tue Aug 21 13:06:49 CEST 2018


In case of a temporary failure the ixgbe driver can return the internal
error IXGBE_ERR_RESET_FAILED to the application. Instead, return
-EAGAIN as per the public API specification.

Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
---
 drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_vf.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_vf.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_vf.c
index 5b25a6b4d4..62f2bf2e7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_vf.c
@@ -203,8 +203,13 @@ s32 ixgbe_reset_hw_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 		usec_delay(5);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * This error code will be propagated to the app by rte_eth_dev_reset,
+	 * so use a public error code rather than the internal-only
+	 * IXGBE_ERR_RESET_FAILED
+	 */
 	if (!timeout)
-		return IXGBE_ERR_RESET_FAILED;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/* Reset VF registers to initial values */
 	ixgbe_virt_clr_reg(hw);
-- 
2.18.0



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