[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/failsafe: fix strerror call in sub-eal

[Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>]

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.rivet@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