netdev - Re: [PATCH] of_net: fix of_get_mac_address retval if compiled without CONFIG

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Date:   Sun, 19 May 2019 16:02:47 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Petr Štetiar <ynezz@...e.cz>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of_net: fix of_get_mac_address retval if compiled
 without CONFIG_OF

On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 02:18:44PM +0200, Petr Štetiar wrote:
> of_get_mac_address prior to commit d01f449c008a ("of_net: add NVMEM
> support to of_get_mac_address") could return only valid pointer or NULL,
> after this change it could return only valid pointer or ERR_PTR encoded
> error value, but I've forget to change the return value of
> of_get_mac_address in case where the kernel is compiled without
> CONFIG_OF, so I'm doing so now.
> 
> Cc: Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> Fixes: d01f449c008a ("of_net: add NVMEM support to of_get_mac_address")
> Reported-by: Octavio Alvarez <octallk1@...arezp.org>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@...e.cz>

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

    Andrew