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[net-next] pch_gbe: minor: report the actual error on MTU change

Message ID 1366126092-22683-1-git-send-email-vfalico@redhat.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Veaceslav Falico April 16, 2013, 3:28 p.m. UTC
If we can't _up() after changing the MTU, report the actual error instead
of -ENOMEM. It can be really misleading cause pch_gbe is usually used in
scenarios where the memory amount is really small, and thus hiding the
real cause.

Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
---
 .../net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c   |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Comments

David Miller April 16, 2013, 8:39 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:28:12 +0200

> If we can't _up() after changing the MTU, report the actual error instead
> of -ENOMEM. It can be really misleading cause pch_gbe is usually used in
> scenarios where the memory amount is really small, and thus hiding the
> real cause.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>

Applied.
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c
index 60eb890..0c1c65a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@  static int pch_gbe_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 		if (err) {
 			adapter->rx_buffer_len = old_rx_buffer_len;
 			pch_gbe_up(adapter);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return err;
 		} else {
 			netdev->mtu = new_mtu;
 			adapter->hw.mac.max_frame_size = max_frame;