linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: add return value check of genphy_read

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:02:20 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Alexandra Diupina <adiupina@...ralinux.ru>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: add return value check of genphy_read_status()

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 09:30:08AM +0300, Alexandra Diupina wrote:
> Need to check return value of genphy_read_status(),
> because higher in the call hierarchy is the
> dsa_register_switch() function,
> which is used in various drivers.

I don't understand the commit message. Why is it important to
dsa_register_switch()?

	Andrew