netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 09/13] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address non-fatal

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 13:22:31 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Robert Hancock' <hancock@...systems.ca>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "anirudh@...inx.com" <anirudh@...inx.com>,
        "John.Linn@...inx.com" <John.Linn@...inx.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 09/13] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address
 non-fatal

From: Robert Hancock
> Sent: 31 May 2019 19:16
> Failing initialization on a missing MAC address property is excessive.
> We can just fall back to using a random MAC instead, which at least
> leaves the interface in a functioning state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> index 9949e67..947fa5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static void axienet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev,
>  {
>  	struct axienet_local *lp = netdev_priv(ndev);
> 
> -	if (address)
> +	if (!IS_ERR(address))
>  		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, address, ETH_ALEN);
>  	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
>  		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
> @@ -1730,8 +1730,7 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	/* Retrieve the MAC address */
>  	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
>  	if (IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
> -		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address\n");
> -		goto free_netdev;
> +		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property\n");
>  	}
>  	axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);

Isn't that going to read from an invalid address on error?
Seems you didn't test of_get_mac_address() failing :-)

	David

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