4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit fe68d8bfe59c561664aa87d827aa4b320eb08895 ] Return value from be_mcc_notify_wait() contains a base completion status together with an additional status. The base_status() macro need to be used to access base status. Fixes: e3a7ae2 be2net: Changing MAC Address of a VF was broken Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c @@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ int be_cmd_pmac_add(struct be_adapter *a err: mutex_unlock(&adapter->mcc_lock); - if (status == MCC_STATUS_UNAUTHORIZED_REQUEST) + if (base_status(status) == MCC_STATUS_UNAUTHORIZED_REQUEST) status = -EPERM; return status;