From: Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com>
To: "Rosen Penev" <rosenp@gmail.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, "Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Michal Simek" <michal.simek@amd.com>,
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ll_temac: Return actual error from of_get_mac_address()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:46:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ik4wymqn.fsf@geanix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827012439.162651-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (Rosen Penev's message of "Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:24:39 -0700")
"Rosen Penev" <rosenp@gmail.com> writes:
> When of_get_mac_address() fails, return the actual error code (rc)
> instead of the hardcoded -ENODEV. This preserves the original error
> information, which may be more specific (e.g., -EINVAL, -EPROBE_DEFER)
> and helps callers handle the failure appropriately.
>
> Fixes: 8425c41d1ef7 ("net: ll_temac: Extend support to non-device-tree platforms")
> Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
> index 711ed9c2631b..81ec73e6e4c1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
> @@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> rc = of_get_mac_address(temac_np, addr);
> if (rc) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address\n");
> - return -ENODEV;
> + return rc;
> }
> temac_init_mac_address(ndev, addr);
> } else if (pdata) {
> --
> 2.55.0
Acked-by: Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com>
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2026-08-27 1:24 ` [PATCH net] net: ll_temac: Return actual error from of_get_mac_address() Rosen Penev
2026-08-27 1:39 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-27 8:46 ` Esben Haabendal [this message]
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