From: Aditya Garg <gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: [PATCH net v2] net: mana: Return error code from mana_create_rxq()
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:37:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727113759.2881500-1-gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
mana_create_rxq() returns a struct mana_rxq pointer and returns NULL on
any failure. The caller, mana_add_rx_queues(), cannot tell what went
wrong and hardcodes the error as -ENOMEM. As a result the actual failure
reported by the lower layers (for example -EPROTO from a failed HW
request) is masked and every RX queue creation failure looks like an
out-of-memory error.
Return an ERR_PTR() encoded error code from mana_create_rxq() on failure
instead of NULL. The caller now propagates the returned error code
directly instead of substituting -ENOMEM.
Fixes: ca9c54d2d6a5 ("net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA)")
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use ERR_PTR() to return the error from mana_create_rxq() instead of
adding an output parameter, keeping the pointer return type.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260718024818.560552-1-gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com/
drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
index 9d9bfd116dab..92bb55935c1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
@@ -2829,7 +2829,7 @@ static struct mana_rxq *mana_create_rxq(struct mana_port_context *apc,
rxq = kvzalloc_flex(*rxq, rx_oobs, apc->rx_queue_size);
if (!rxq)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
rxq->ndev = ndev;
rxq->num_rx_buf = apc->rx_queue_size;
@@ -2930,7 +2930,7 @@ static struct mana_rxq *mana_create_rxq(struct mana_port_context *apc,
mana_destroy_rxq(apc, rxq, false);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
}
static void mana_create_rxq_debugfs(struct mana_port_context *apc, int idx)
@@ -2964,8 +2964,8 @@ static int mana_add_rx_queues(struct mana_port_context *apc,
for (i = 0; i < apc->num_queues; i++) {
rxq = mana_create_rxq(apc, i, &apc->eqs[i], ndev);
- if (!rxq) {
- err = -ENOMEM;
+ if (IS_ERR(rxq)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(rxq);
netdev_err(ndev, "Failed to create rxq %d : %d\n", i, err);
goto out;
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 11:38 UTC|newest]
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2026-07-27 11:37 Aditya Garg [this message]
2026-07-27 17:36 ` [PATCH net v2] net: mana: Return error code from mana_create_rxq() Joe Damato
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