From: David Thompson <davthompson@nvidia.com>
To: <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
<edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
<asmaa@nvidia.com>, <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>,
<horms@kernel.org>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
David Thompson <davthompson@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v1] mlxbf_gige: emit messages during open and probe failures
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:42:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250613174228.1542237-1-davthompson@nvidia.com> (raw)
The open() and probe() functions of the mlxbf_gige driver
check for errors during initialization, but do not provide
details regarding the errors. The mlxbf_gige driver should
provide error details in the kernel log, noting what step
of initialization failed.
Signed-off-by: David Thompson <davthompson@nvidia.com>
---
.../mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
index fb2e5b844c15..ba0ed4170b82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
@@ -142,8 +142,10 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_open(struct net_device *netdev)
mlxbf_gige_cache_stats(priv);
err = mlxbf_gige_clean_port(priv);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "open: clean_port failed, err=0x%x\n", err);
return err;
+ }
/* Clear driver's valid_polarity to match hardware,
* since the above call to clean_port() resets the
@@ -154,19 +156,25 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_open(struct net_device *netdev)
phy_start(phydev);
err = mlxbf_gige_tx_init(priv);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "open: tx_init failed, err=0x%x\n", err);
goto phy_deinit;
+ }
err = mlxbf_gige_rx_init(priv);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "open: rx_init failed, err=0x%x\n", err);
goto tx_deinit;
+ }
netif_napi_add(netdev, &priv->napi, mlxbf_gige_poll);
napi_enable(&priv->napi);
netif_start_queue(netdev);
err = mlxbf_gige_request_irqs(priv);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "open: request_irqs failed, err=0x%x\n", err);
goto napi_deinit;
+ }
mlxbf_gige_enable_mac_rx_filter(priv, MLXBF_GIGE_BCAST_MAC_FILTER_IDX);
mlxbf_gige_enable_mac_rx_filter(priv, MLXBF_GIGE_LOCAL_MAC_FILTER_IDX);
@@ -418,8 +426,10 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* Attach MDIO device */
err = mlxbf_gige_mdio_probe(pdev, priv);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "probe: mdio_probe failed, err=0x%x\n", err);
return err;
+ }
priv->base = base;
priv->llu_base = llu_base;
--
2.43.2
next reply other threads:[~2025-06-13 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-13 17:42 David Thompson [this message]
2025-06-16 13:57 ` Simon Horman
2025-06-16 14:06 ` Alexander Lobakin
2025-06-16 19:17 ` Simon Horman
2025-07-01 0:44 ` David Thompson
2025-07-01 12:51 ` Simon Horman
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