Ownership API returns a negative value, strerror expects a valid errno value, thus positive.
Coverity issue: 260401 Fixes: dcd0c9c32b8d ("net/failsafe: use ownership mechanism for slaves") Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com> --- v2: Fix coverity reference syntax in commit log. drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c index 8946bf6fe..c3d673125 100644 --- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c +++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_eal.c @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ fs_bus_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev) " %d named %s", i, da->name); } ret = rte_eth_dev_owner_set(pid, &PRIV(dev)->my_owner); - if (ret) { + if (ret < 0) { INFO("sub_device %d owner set failed (%s)," - " will try again later", i, strerror(ret)); + " will try again later", i, strerror(-ret)); continue; } else if (strncmp(rte_eth_devices[pid].device->name, da->name, strlen(da->name)) != 0) { -- 2.11.0