[PATCH net-next 4/4] net: ucc_geth: fix usage with NVMEM MAC address

Rosen Penev rosenp at gmail.com
Tue Nov 5 08:01:27 AEDT 2024


When nvmem is not ready, of_get_ethdev_address returns -EPROBE_DEFER. In
such a case, return -EPROBE_DEFER to avoid not having a proper MAC
address.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 88a9e7db687c..30453a20e467 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3735,7 +3735,9 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 		goto err_deregister_fixed_link;
 	}
 
-	of_get_ethdev_address(np, dev);
+	err = of_get_ethdev_address(np, dev);
+	if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		goto err_deregister_fixed_link;
 
 	ugeth->ug_info = ug_info;
 	ugeth->dev = device;
-- 
2.47.0



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