linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: stmmac: Add glue layer for Spacemit K3 SoC

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Message-ID: <aW9m8YOVO1ClIQOd@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:28:49 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Yao Zi <me@...ao.cc>
Cc: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@...il.com>,
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	Longbin Li <looong.bin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: stmmac: Add glue layer for Spacemit K3
 SoC

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 11:13:50AM +0000, Yao Zi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 12:36:08PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > +static int spacemit_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > +{
> 
> ...
> 
> > +	of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "tx-internal-delay-ps", &tx_delay);
> > +	of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "rx-internal-delay-ps", &rx_delay);
> 
> According to of.h, of_property_read_u32, which in turn calls
> of_property_read_u32_array, could fail with -ENODATA if there's no value
> associated with the property. Should the case be handled?

You cut too much. This had:

	unsigned int tx_delay = 0;
	unsigned int rx_delay = 0;

at the start of the function.

of_property_read_u32_array() says:

 * @out_values: pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.

and of_property_read_u32() passes &tx_delay or &rx_delay to this. Thus,
if any error occurs, these will be zero. In other words, a missing
property is equivalent to setting these to zero, which is entirely
reasonable.

However, "unsigned int" _may_ be type equivalent to "u32", but really
these should be "u32" if of_property_read_u32_array() is used.

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