Re: [PATCH] net: usb: asix_devices: Check return value of usbnet_get_endpoints

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 06:37:41PM +0800, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> The code did not check the return value of usbnet_get_endpoints.
> Add checks and return the error if it fails to transfer the error.
> 
> Fixes: 933a27d39e0e ("USB: asix - Add AX88178 support and many other changes")
> Fixes: 2e55cc7210fe ("[PATCH] USB: usbnet (3/9) module for ASIX Ethernet adapters")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c | 13 +++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
> index 9b0318fb50b5..92a5d6956cb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
> @@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ static int ax88172_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
>  	int i;
>  	unsigned long gpio_bits = dev->driver_info->data;
>  
> -	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev,intf);
> +	ret = usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out;
>  
>  	/* Toggle the GPIOs in a manufacturer/model specific way */
>  	for (i = 2; i >= 0; i--) {
> @@ -832,7 +834,9 @@ static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
>  
>  	dev->driver_priv = priv;
>  
> -	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
> +	ret = usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	/* Maybe the boot loader passed the MAC address via device tree */
>  	if (!eth_platform_get_mac_address(&dev->udev->dev, buf)) {
> @@ -1256,7 +1260,9 @@ static int ax88178_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
>  	int ret;
>  	u8 buf[ETH_ALEN] = {0};
>  
> -	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev,intf);
> +	ret = usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	/* Get the MAC address */
>  	ret = asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_READ_NODE_ID, 0, 0, ETH_ALEN, buf, 0);
> @@ -1609,4 +1615,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("David Hollis");
>  MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ASIX AX8817X based USB 2.0 Ethernet Devices");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> -

Why did you remove this blank line?

Also, how was this tested?

And you forgot to add a cc: stable?

thanks,

greg k-h