From: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:25:55 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: RDMA/bnxt_re: Enhance a log message when bnxt_re_register_netdev fails
X-Git-Tag: v6.18-rc1~102^2~65
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0da8dc534218b8371c778b184453e8dd5246189;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git

RDMA/bnxt_re: Enhance a log message when bnxt_re_register_netdev fails

Make a error log message more user friendly.
When bnxt_re_register_netdev()() fails, the current
log does not convey much information.

Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250814112555.221665-10-kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com
Reviewed-by: Saravanan Vajravel <saravanan.vajravel@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index 10dd498bd2065..0bdc2f66e136c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -2088,8 +2088,9 @@ static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 op_type)
 		rc = bnxt_re_register_netdev(rdev);
 		if (rc) {
 			ibdev_err(&rdev->ibdev,
-				  "Failed to register with netedev: %#x\n", rc);
-			return -EINVAL;
+				  "Failed to register with Ethernet driver, rc %d\n",
+				  rc);
+			return rc;
 		}
 	}
 	set_bit(BNXT_RE_FLAG_NETDEV_REGISTERED, &rdev->flags);