From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
Cc: peter@korsgaard.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: dm9601: fix wrong return value in dm9601_mdio_read
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:20:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <170909043155.27277.1060670387014071329.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240225-dm9601_ret_err-v1-1-02c1d959ea59@gmail.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:20:06 +0100 you wrote:
> The MII code does not check the return value of mdio_read (among
> others), and therefore no error code should be sent. A previous fix to
> the use of an uninitialized variable propagates negative error codes,
> that might lead to wrong operations by the MII library.
>
> An example of such issues is the use of mii_nway_restart by the dm9601
> driver. The mii_nway_restart function does not check the value returned
> by mdio_read, which in this case might be a negative number which could
> contain the exact bit the function checks (BMCR_ANENABLE = 0x1000).
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- net: usb: dm9601: fix wrong return value in dm9601_mdio_read
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/c68b2c9eba38
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-28 3:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-24 23:20 [PATCH] net: usb: dm9601: fix wrong return value in dm9601_mdio_read Javier Carrasco
2024-02-27 16:09 ` Simon Horman
2024-02-27 16:53 ` Peter Korsgaard
2024-02-28 2:17 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-02-28 15:10 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-02-28 3:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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