Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: rt2x00: check for of_get_mac_address error

Stanislaw Gruszka
2026-04-27T07:32:12Z

On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 10:16:52PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> is_valid_ether_addr is already a check of of_get_mac_address, in which
> case it returns an error if false. Just set a random MAC on all errors
> except for EPROBE_DEFER.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>

> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
> index 2d778ea5f1b5..51b836343f07 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
> @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ int rt2x00lib_set_mac_address(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, u8 *eeprom_mac_addr)
> if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> return ret;
>
> - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eeprom_mac_addr)) {
> + if (ret) {
> eth_random_addr(eeprom_mac_addr);
> rt2x00_eeprom_dbg(rt2x00dev, "MAC: %pM\n", eeprom_mac_addr);
> }
> --
> 2.54.0
>