Re: [PATCH V3] brcmfmac: print error if p2p_ifadd firmware command fails

From: Arend Van Spriel
Date: Thu May 26 2016 - 04:07:21 EST


On 26-5-2016 0:44, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> This is helpful for debugging, without this all I was getting from "iw"
> command on device with BCM43602 was:
>> command failed: Too many open files in system (-23)
>
> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2: s/in/if/ in commit message
> V3: Add one more error message as suggested by Arend
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
> index 1652a48..bc26aec 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
> @@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static int brcmf_p2p_request_p2p_if(struct brcmf_p2p_info *p2p,
> err = brcmf_fil_iovar_data_set(ifp, "p2p_ifadd", &if_request,
> sizeof(if_request));
> if (err)
> - return err;
> + brcmf_err("p2p_ifadd failed %d\n", err);
>
> return err;
> }
> @@ -2185,6 +2185,7 @@ struct wireless_dev *brcmf_p2p_add_vif(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *name,
> err = brcmf_p2p_request_p2p_if(&cfg->p2p, ifp, cfg->p2p.int_addr,
> iftype);
> if (err) {
> + brcmf_err("Failed to request P2P virtual interface %s\n", name);
> brcmf_cfg80211_arm_vif_event(cfg, NULL);
> goto fail;
> }

Not exactly what I meant. I meant instead of and the function I would
like the error message in is brcmf_cfg80211_add_iface() so you also get
an error message when AP interface creation fails.

Regards,
Arend