This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net/mlx5: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() check
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-mlx5-fix-a-null-vs-is_err-check.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit dfd0684487af5bfaa34f573a541c82daec834b17
Author: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Nov 3 09:36:20 2023 +0300
net/mlx5: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() check
[ Upstream commit ca4ef28d0ad831d2521fa2b16952f37fd9324ca3 ]
The mlx5_esw_offloads_devlink_port() function returns error pointers, not
NULL.
Fixes: 7bef147a6ab6 ("net/mlx5: Don't skip vport check")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 825f9c687633f..007cb167cabc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ mlx5e_vport_vf_rep_load(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_eswitch_rep *rep)
dl_port = mlx5_esw_offloads_devlink_port(dev->priv.eswitch,
rpriv->rep->vport);
- if (dl_port) {
+ if (!IS_ERR(dl_port)) {
SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT(netdev, dl_port);
mlx5e_rep_vnic_reporter_create(priv, dl_port);
}
