net: ethtool: don't ignore return from driver get_fecparam method
authorEdward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:15:58 +0000 (19:15 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 30 May 2018 05:52:09 +0000 (07:52 +0200)
[ Upstream commit a6d50512b4d86ecd9f5952525e454583be1c3b14 ]

If ethtool_ops->get_fecparam returns an error, pass that error on to the
 user, rather than ignoring it.

Fixes: 1a5f3da20bd9 ("net: ethtool: add support for forward error correction modes")
Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/core/ethtool.c

index d374a90..490eab1 100644 (file)
@@ -2505,11 +2505,14 @@ static int set_phy_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 static int ethtool_get_fecparam(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
        struct ethtool_fecparam fecparam = { ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM };
+       int rc;
 
        if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-       dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam(dev, &fecparam);
+       rc = dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam(dev, &fecparam);
+       if (rc)
+               return rc;
 
        if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &fecparam, sizeof(fecparam)))
                return -EFAULT;