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    ftgmac100: return error in ftgmac100_alloc_rx_buf · 6cee9d64
    Joel Stanley authored
    The error paths set err, but it's not returned.
    
    I wondered if we should fix all of the callers to check the returned
    value, but Ben explains why the code is this way:
    
    > Most call sites ignore it on purpose. There's nothing we can do if
    > we fail to get a buffer at interrupt time, so we point the buffer to
    > the scratch page so the HW doesn't DMA into lalaland and lose the
    > packet.
    >
    > The one call site that tests and can fail is the one used when brining
    > the interface up. If we fail to allocate at that point, we fail the
    > ifup. But as you noticed, I do have a bug not returning the error.
    Acked-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJoel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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