linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: usb: lan78xx: Sanitize return values of register read/write functions

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:40:35 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, woojung.huh@...rochip.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: usb: lan78xx: Sanitize return values of
 register read/write functions

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Fri,  7 Mar 2025 11:12:23 +0100 you wrote:
> usb_control_msg() returns the number of transferred bytes or a negative
> error code. The current implementation propagates the transferred byte
> count, which is unintended. This affects code paths that assume a
> boolean success/failure check, such as the EEPROM detection logic.
> 
> Fix this by ensuring lan78xx_read_reg() and lan78xx_write_reg() return
> only 0 on success and preserve negative error codes.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v1,1/1] net: usb: lan78xx: Sanitize return values of register read/write functions
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/cfa693bf9d53

You are awesome, thank you!
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