sfc: Explain why efx_mcdi_exit_assertion() ignores result of efx_mcdi_rpc()

Fix CID 113952 in Coverity report on Linux.

This is the one instance where we don't, and shouldn't, check the
return code from efx_mcdi_rpc().  It wasn't immediately obvious to me
why we didn't, so I think an explanation is in order.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
index 17b6463..fc5e7bb 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
@@ -1001,12 +1001,17 @@ static void efx_mcdi_exit_assertion(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
        u8 inbuf[MC_CMD_REBOOT_IN_LEN];
 
-       /* Atomically reboot the mcfw out of the assertion handler */
+       /* If the MC is running debug firmware, it might now be
+        * waiting for a debugger to attach, but we just want it to
+        * reboot.  We set a flag that makes the command a no-op if it
+        * has already done so.  We don't know what return code to
+        * expect (0 or -EIO), so ignore it.
+        */
        BUILD_BUG_ON(MC_CMD_REBOOT_OUT_LEN != 0);
        MCDI_SET_DWORD(inbuf, REBOOT_IN_FLAGS,
                       MC_CMD_REBOOT_FLAGS_AFTER_ASSERTION);
-       efx_mcdi_rpc(efx, MC_CMD_REBOOT, inbuf, MC_CMD_REBOOT_IN_LEN,
-                    NULL, 0, NULL);
+       (void) efx_mcdi_rpc(efx, MC_CMD_REBOOT, inbuf, MC_CMD_REBOOT_IN_LEN,
+                           NULL, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 int efx_mcdi_handle_assertion(struct efx_nic *efx)