Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: Fix lost EEPROM read timeout error(-ETIMEDOUT) in lan78xx_read_raw_eeprom

[Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri <bhanuseshukumar@gmail.com>]

On 01/10/25 13:12, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 10:07:21AM +0530, Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri wrote:
>> On 01/10/25 06:09, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:19:02 +0530 Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri wrote:
>>>> +	if (dev->chipid == ID_REV_CHIP_ID_7800_) {
>>>> +		int rc = lan78xx_write_reg(dev, HW_CFG, saved);
>>>> +		/* If USB fails, there is nothing to do */
>>>> +		if (rc < 0)
>>>> +			return rc;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +	return ret;
>>>
>>> I don't think you need to add and handle rc here separately?
>>> rc can only be <= so save the answer to ret and "fall thru"?
>>
>> The fall thru path might have been reached with ret holding EEPROM read timeout
>> error status. So if ret is used instead of rc it might over write the ret with 0 when 
>> lan78xx_write_reg returns success and timeout error status would be lost.
> 
> Ack, I see. It may happen if communication with EEPROM will fail. The same
> would happen on write path too. Is it happened with real HW or it is
> some USB emulation test? For me it is interesting why EEPROM is timed
> out.

The sysbot's log with message "EEPROM read operation timeout" confirms that EEPROM read
timeout occurring. I tested the same condition on EVB-LAN7800LC by simulating 
timeout during probe.

Thanks.