netdev - Re: [PATCH] mdio_bus: Fix init if CONFIG_RESET

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Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:55:53 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mdio_bus: Fix init if CONFIG_RESET_CONTROLLER=n

Hi Florian,

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 7:05 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/19 3:25 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Commit 1d4639567d970de0 ("mdio_bus: Fix PTR_ERR applied after
> > initialization to constant") accidentally changed a check from -ENOTSUPP
> > to -ENOSYS, causing failures if reset controller support is not enabled.
> > E.g. on r7s72100/rskrza1:
> >
> >     sh-eth e8203000.ethernet: MDIO init failed: -524
> >     sh-eth: probe of e8203000.ethernet failed with error -524
> >
> > Fixes: 1d4639567d970de0 ("mdio_bus: Fix PTR_ERR applied after initialization to constant")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
>
> This has been fixed in the "net" tree with:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=075e238d12c21c8bde700d21fb48be7a3aa80194

Ah, hadn't seen that one.

However, that one (a) keeps the unneeded check for -ENOSYS, and (b)
carries a wrong Fixes tag.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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