Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: adi: adin1110: Check return value of devm_gpiod_get_optional() in adin1110_check_spi()

[Jijie Shao <shaojijie@huawei.com>]

on 2026/2/2 12:02, Chen Ni wrote:
> The devm_gpiod_get_optional() function may return an ERR_PTR in case of
> genuine GPIO acquisition errors, not just NULL which indicates the
> legitimate absence of an optional GPIO.
>
> Add an IS_ERR() check after the call in adin1110_check_spi(). On error,
> return the error code to ensure proper failure handling rather than
> proceeding with invalid pointers.
>
> Fixes: 36934cac7aaf ("net: ethernet: adi: adin1110: add reset GPIO")

This patch is a bugfix, so it should be sent to net, not net-next.

> Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/adi/adin1110.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/adin1110.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/adin1110.c
> index 30f9d271e595..71a2397edf2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/adin1110.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/adin1110.c
> @@ -1089,6 +1089,9 @@ static int adin1110_check_spi(struct adin1110_priv *priv)
>   
>   	reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&priv->spidev->dev, "reset",
>   					     GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
> +	if (IS_ERR(reset_gpio))
> +		return dev_err_probe(&priv->spidev->dev, PTR_ERR(reset_gpio),
> +				     "failed to get reset gpio\n");
>   	if (reset_gpio) {
>   		/* MISO pin is used for internal configuration, can't have
>   		 * anyone else disturbing the SDO line.