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From: Mingming Cao <mmc@linux.ibm.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, horms@kernel.org,
	edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
	nnac123@linux.ibm.com, maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, davemarq@linux.ibm.com,
	bjking1@linux.ibm.com, Mingming Cao <mmc@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/7] ibmveth: return the error when set_channels cannot add TX queues
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 2026 18:57:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <779e6d063cc21ed4dbc5cf365f43f39aaff0578e.1790991039.git.mmc@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1790991039.git.mmc@linux.ibm.com>

When ibmveth_set_channels() cannot allocate a TX buffer for a new
queue, it falls back to the old queue count, and the successful
netif_set_real_num_tx_queues() call then overwrites rc. ethtool -L
reports success while the queue count is unchanged.

Return the allocation error when the fallback succeeds.

Tested on a POWER10 LPAR with the TX buffer allocation forced to fail:
ethtool -L tx 8 now fails with -ENOMEM and the device keeps its four
queues and passes traffic.

Fixes: 10c2aba89cc0 ("ibmveth: Ethtool set queue support")
Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <mmc@linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index d5ba2f2650d0..132c740b5844 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ static int ibmveth_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	unsigned int old = netdev->real_num_tx_queues,
 		     goal = channels->tx_count;
-	int rc, i;
+	int rc, i, alloc_rc = 0;
 
 	/* If the device is not open (including a failed close/open with
 	 * IFF_UP still set) then don't allocate, just set desired
@@ -1195,6 +1195,7 @@ static int ibmveth_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 		/* if something goes wrong, free everything we just allocated */
 		netdev_err(netdev, "Failed to allocate more tx queues, returning to %d queues\n",
 			   old);
+		alloc_rc = rc;
 		goal = old;
 		old = i;
 		break;
@@ -1205,6 +1206,8 @@ static int ibmveth_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 			   old);
 		goal = old;
 		old = i;
+	} else if (alloc_rc) {
+		rc = alloc_rc;
 	}
 	/* Free any that are no longer needed */
 	for (i = old; i > goal; i--) {
-- 
2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-03  1:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-03  1:57 [PATCH net-next 0/7] ibmveth: fix hangs, use-after-frees and netpoll races Mingming Cao
2026-10-03  1:57 ` [PATCH net-next 1/7] ibmveth: fix netpoll races with RX replenish Mingming Cao
2026-10-03  1:57 ` [PATCH net-next 2/7] ibmveth: do not close twice after a failed reopen Mingming Cao
2026-10-03  1:57 ` [PATCH net-next 3/7] ibmveth: disable the reset work before unregister in remove Mingming Cao
2026-10-03  1:57 ` [PATCH net-next 4/7] ibmveth: step past bad RX correlators instead of spinning or oopsing Mingming Cao
2026-10-04  2:12   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-03  1:57 ` [PATCH net-next 5/7] ibmveth: release the pool kobjects when probe fails Mingming Cao
2026-10-04  2:12   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-05  6:27     ` mingming cao
2026-10-03  1:57 ` Mingming Cao [this message]
2026-10-03  1:57 ` [PATCH net-next 7/7] ibmveth: wait for in-flight transmits in ibmveth_close() Mingming Cao

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