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

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:03:36 +0100
From:   Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
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

Hi Andrew.

On 11/04/2018 13:57, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> 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?

It's been broken since day 1, so:

Fixes: 55d7de9de6c3 ("Microchip's LAN7800 family USB 2/3 to 10/100/1000 Ethernet device driver")