linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 074/104] net: phy: at803x: Change error to EINVAL for invalid MAC

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Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:46:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 074/104] net: phy: at803x: Change error to EINVAL for invalid MAC

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>


[ Upstream commit fc7556877d1748ac00958822a0a3bba1d4bd9e0d ]

Change the return error code to EINVAL if the MAC
address is not valid in the set_wol function.

Signed-off-by: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/phy/at803x.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int at803x_set_wol(struct phy_dev
 		mac = (const u8 *) ndev->dev_addr;
 
 		if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
-			return -EFAULT;
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 			phy_write(phydev, AT803X_MMD_ACCESS_CONTROL,