linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3 net-next] net: qca_spi: Avoid reading signature three times in a row

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Message-Id: <1620477395-12740-2-git-send-email-stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
Date:   Sat,  8 May 2021 14:36:33 +0200
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 net-next] net: qca_spi: Avoid reading signature three times in a row

There is no need to read the signature three times. So bail out
in case the second check failed.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
index ab9b025..3e2a54c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ qcaspi_qca7k_sync(struct qcaspi *qca, int event)
 		if (signature != QCASPI_GOOD_SIGNATURE) {
 			qca->sync = QCASPI_SYNC_UNKNOWN;
 			netdev_dbg(qca->net_dev, "sync: got CPU on, but signature was invalid, restart\n");
+			return;
 		} else {
 			/* ensure that the WRBUF is empty */
 			qcaspi_read_register(qca, SPI_REG_WRBUF_SPC_AVA,
-- 
2.7.4