From: Prashant Rahul <prashantrahul23@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com>,
Prashant Rahul <prashantrahul23@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] staging: octeon: Propagate rx initialization failures
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:36:15 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702-staging-driver-octeon-panic-v2-2-2c2b6ae086dd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702-staging-driver-octeon-panic-v2-0-2c2b6ae086dd@gmail.com>
Instead of calling panic(), log and propagate the error upwards for
better error handling.
Signed-off-by: Prashant Rahul <prashantrahul23@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
index cd36b5ba6f6c2..66e7253d484de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
* Copyright (c) 2003-2010 Cavium Networks
*/
+#include <asm-generic/errno-base.h>
+#include <linux/dev_printk.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -445,22 +447,24 @@ void cvm_oct_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
}
#endif
-void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
+int cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
int i;
struct net_device *dev_for_napi = NULL;
struct octeon_ethernet_platform *plat = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
struct oct_rx_group *rx_group = plat->rx_group;
for (i = 0; i < TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_PORTS; i++) {
if (cvm_oct_device[i]) {
dev_for_napi = cvm_oct_device[i];
break;
}
}
- if (!dev_for_napi)
- panic("No net_devices were allocated.");
+ if (!dev_for_napi) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No net_devices were allocated.");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(plat->rx_group); i++) {
int ret;
@@ -479,9 +483,10 @@ void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* Register an IRQ handler to receive POW interrupts */
ret = request_irq(rx_group[i].irq, cvm_oct_do_interrupt, 0,
"Ethernet", &rx_group[i].napi);
- if (ret)
- panic("Could not acquire Ethernet IRQ %d\n",
- rx_group[i].irq);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not acquire Ethernet IRQ %d\n", rx_group[i].irq);
+ return ret;
+ }
disable_irq_nosync(rx_group[i].irq);
@@ -518,6 +523,7 @@ void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
napi_schedule(&rx_group[i].napi);
}
atomic_inc(&oct_rx_ready);
+ return 0;
}
void cvm_oct_rx_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h
index 6093694326cb6..ff3ed3d784a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
struct platform_device;
void cvm_oct_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev);
-void cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev);
+int cvm_oct_rx_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev);
void cvm_oct_rx_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev);
static inline void cvm_oct_rx_refill_pool(struct platform_device *pdev,
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-02 7:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-02 7:06 [PATCH v2 0/4] staging: octeon: Improve initialization error handling Prashant Rahul
2026-07-02 7:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] staging: octeon: factor out device removal into a helper Prashant Rahul
2026-07-02 7:06 ` Prashant Rahul [this message]
2026-07-02 7:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] staging: octeon: Propagate tx initialization failures Prashant Rahul
2026-07-02 7:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] staging: octeon: handle rx/tx initialization failures in probe Prashant Rahul
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