linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] net: gianfar: fix NVMEM mac address

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20240908213554.11979-1-rosenp@gmail.com>
Date: Sun,  8 Sep 2024 14:35:54 -0700
From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: andrew@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	claudiu.manoil@....com,
	mail@...id-bauer.net
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: gianfar: fix NVMEM mac address

If nvmem loads after the ethernet driver, mac address assignments will
not take effect. of_get_ethdev_address returns EPROBE_DEFER in such a
case so we need to handle that to avoid eth_hw_addr_random.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 634049c83ebe..9755ec947029 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 		priv->device_flags |= FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_BUF_STASHING;
 
 	err = of_get_ethdev_address(np, dev);
+	if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return err;
 	if (err) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 		dev_info(&ofdev->dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n", dev->dev_addr);
-- 
2.46.0