linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 4/4] net: phy: mscc: Handle devm_phy_package_join() failure in vsc85xx_probe

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Message-ID: <9bff0108-8fab-4672-bc6e-58c672cf8a22@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:06:29 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
	Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>,
	Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
	Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro.jz@...esas.com>,
	Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 4/4] net: phy: mscc: Handle
 devm_phy_package_join() failure in vsc85xx_probe_common()

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 01:57:15PM +0000, Prabhakar wrote:
> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
> 
> devm_phy_package_join() may fail and return a negative error code.
> Update vsc85xx_probe_common() to properly handle this failure by
> checking the return value and propagating the error to the caller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew