linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: Fix lost EEPROM write timeout error(-ETIMEDOUT) in lan78xx_write_raw

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:20:05 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: Fix lost EEPROM write timeout
 error(-ETIMEDOUT) in lan78xx_write_raw_eeprom

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu,  9 Oct 2025 11:00:09 +0530 you wrote:
> The function lan78xx_write_raw_eeprom failed to properly propagate EEPROM
> write timeout errors (-ETIMEDOUT). In the timeout  fallthrough path, it first
> attempted to restore the pin configuration for LED outputs and then
> returned only the status of that restore operation, discarding the
> original timeout error saved in ret.
> 
> As a result, callers could mistakenly treat EEPROM write operation as
> successful even though the EEPROM write had actually timed out with no
> or partial data write.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: usb: lan78xx: Fix lost EEPROM write timeout error(-ETIMEDOUT) in lan78xx_write_raw_eeprom
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/d5d790ba1558

You are awesome, thank you!
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