linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: ch9200: improve error handling in get_mac

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Message-ID: <e6f71776-980c-427b-af31-6594ee290ec9@web.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:38:21 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: ch9200: improve error handling in
 get_mac_address()

> The get_mac_address() function has an issue where it does not
> directly check the return value of each control_read(), instead
> it sums up the return values and checks them all at the end
> which means if any call to control_read() fails the function just
> continues on.
…

How does such a change description fit to the additional adjustment
of the implementation for the function “ch9200_bind”?
Would another update step become relevant here?

Regards,
Markus