netdev - Re: [PATCH] lan78xx: Correctly indicate invalid OTP

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:57:37 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lan78xx: Correctly indicate invalid OTP

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:59:17AM +0100, Phil Elwell wrote:
> lan78xx_read_otp tries to return -EINVAL in the event of invalid OTP
> content, but the value gets overwritten before it is returned and the
> read goes ahead anyway. Make the read conditional as it should be
> and preserve the error code.

Hi Phil

Do you know that the Fixes: tag should be for this? When did it break?

Thanks
	Andrew