All error handling paths, except this one, go to 'out' where
release_swfw_sync() is called.
This call balances the acquire_swfw_sync() call done at the beginning of
the function.

Branch to the error handling path in order to correctly release some
resources in case of error.

Fixes: ae14a1d8e104 ("ixgbe: Fix IOSF SB access issues")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
---
This patch is speculative, review with care.
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c
index 6208923e29a2..c1adc94a5a65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c
@@ -716,7 +716,8 @@ static s32 ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u32 reg_addr,
 	if ((command & IXGBE_SB_IOSF_CTRL_RESP_STAT_MASK) != 0) {
 		error = FIELD_GET(IXGBE_SB_IOSF_CTRL_CMPL_ERR_MASK, command);
 		hw_dbg(hw, "Failed to read, error %x\n", error);
-		return -EIO;
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (!ret)
-- 
2.43.0

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf Of Christophe JAILLET
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:56 PM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>; Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>; Rustad, Mark D <mark.d.rustad@intel.com>
> Cc: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org; kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ixgbe: Fix an error handling path in ixgbe_read_iosf_sb_reg_x550()
>
> All error handling paths, except this one, go to 'out' where
> release_swfw_sync() is called.
> This call balances the acquire_swfw_sync() call done at the beginning of
> the function.
>
> Branch to the error handling path in order to correctly release some
> resources in case of error.
>
> Fixes: ae14a1d8e104 ("ixgbe: Fix IOSF SB access issues")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
> ---
> This patch is speculative, review with care.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_x550.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)

On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 06:25:36PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> All error handling paths, except this one, go to 'out' where
> release_swfw_sync() is called.
> This call balances the acquire_swfw_sync() call done at the beginning of
> the function.
> 
> Branch to the error handling path in order to correctly release some
> resources in case of error.
> 
> Fixes: ae14a1d8e104 ("ixgbe: Fix IOSF SB access issues")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>