Re: [PATCH] IB/core: Don't return EINVAL from sysfs rate attribute for invalid speeds

[Bart Van Assche <bvanassche-HInyCGIudOg@public.gmane.org>]

> From: Roland Dreier <roland-BHEL68pLQRGGvPXPguhicg@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Commit e9319b0cb00d ("IB/core: Fix SDR rates in sysfs") changed our
> sysfs rate attribute to return EINVAL to userspace if the underlying
> device driver returns an invalid rate.  Apparently some drivers do this
> when the link is down and some userspace pukes if it gets an error when
> reading this attribute, so avoid a regression by not return an error to
> match the old code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland-BHEL68pLQRGGvPXPguhicg@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> I think I'd rather just add this, to get back closer to the original
> behavior even for non-fixed drivers (but I'll still merge the mlx4
> patch, since that makes sense too).
> 
>  drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c |    9 +++++----
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
> index 83b720e..246fdc1 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static ssize_t rate_show(struct ib_port *p, struct port_attribute *unused,
>  {
>  	struct ib_port_attr attr;
>  	char *speed = "";
> -	int rate = -1;		/* in deci-Gb/sec */
> +	int rate;		/* in deci-Gb/sec */
>  	ssize_t ret;
>  
>  	ret = ib_query_port(p->ibdev, p->port_num, &attr);
> @@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ static ssize_t rate_show(struct ib_port *p, struct port_attribute *unused,
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	switch (attr.active_speed) {
> -	case IB_SPEED_SDR:
> -		rate = 25;
> -		break;
>  	case IB_SPEED_DDR:
>  		speed = " DDR";
>  		rate = 50;
> @@ -210,6 +207,10 @@ static ssize_t rate_show(struct ib_port *p, struct port_attribute *unused,
>  		speed = " EDR";
>  		rate = 250;
>  		break;
> +	case IB_SPEED_SDR:
> +	default:		/* default to SDR for invalid rates */
> +		rate = 25;
> +		break;
>  	}
>  
>  	rate *= ib_width_enum_to_int(attr.active_width);
> -- 
> 1.7.9.1

Tested-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche-HInyCGIudOg@public.gmane.org>
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