Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] of: net: pass the dst buffer to of_get_mac_address()

From: Michael Walle
Date: Wed Apr 14 2021 - 08:56:47 EST


Hi Dan,

Am 2021-04-14 07:33, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
url:
https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Michael-Walle/of-net-support-non-platform-devices-in-of_get_mac_address/20210406-234030
base:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
cc0626c2aaed8e475efdd85fa374b497a7192e35
config: x86_64-randconfig-m001-20210406 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

smatch warnings:
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c:2069 axienet_probe()
warn: passing a valid pointer to 'PTR_ERR'

vim +/PTR_ERR +2069 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c

522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock 2019-06-06 2060 /* Check for
Ethernet core IRQ (optional) */
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock 2019-06-06 2061 if (lp->eth_irq <= 0)
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock 2019-06-06 2062
dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Ethernet core IRQ not defined\n");
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock 2019-06-06 2063
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann 2012-01-19 2064 /* Retrieve the
MAC address */
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle 2021-04-06 2065 ret =
of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_addr);
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle 2021-04-06 2066 if (!ret) {
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle 2021-04-06 2067
axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle 2021-04-06 2068 } else {
d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock 2019-06-06 @2069
dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock 2019-06-06 2070 PTR_ERR(mac_addr));

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This should print "ret".

Thanks, this was fixed (in the now merged) v4. I forgot
to add you to that huge CC list. Sorry for that.

-michael