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ice: fix ice_init_link() error return preventing probe
authorPaul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
Wed, 8 Apr 2026 14:11:05 +0000 (16:11 +0200)
committerTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:04:01 +0000 (14:04 -0700)
commiteb509638686b0f8a98a0dd9c809f6a8db4d73a45
tree404f736d9090117164e9522479e96d6e32747f60
parent2bf7744bc3221a63b95c76c94eab1dad832fa401
ice: fix ice_init_link() error return preventing probe

ice_init_link() can return an error status from ice_update_link_info()
or ice_init_phy_user_cfg(), causing probe to fail.

An incorrect NVM update procedure can result in link/PHY errors, and
the recommended resolution is to update the NVM using the correct
procedure. If the driver fails probe due to link errors, the user
cannot update the NVM to recover. The link/PHY errors logged are
non-fatal: they are already annotated as 'not a fatal error if this
fails'.

Since none of the errors inside ice_init_link() should prevent probe
from completing, convert it to void and remove the error check in the
caller. All failures are already logged; callers have no meaningful
recovery path for link init errors.

Fixes: 5b246e533d01 ("ice: split probe into smaller functions")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alexander Nowlin <alexander.nowlin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c