netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: phylink: fix failure to register on x86 systems

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Date:   Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:38:33 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phylink: fix failure to register on x86
 systems

From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:13:56 +0000

> The kernel test robot reports a boot failure with qemu in 5.5-rc,
> referencing commit 2203cbf2c8b5 ("net: sfp: move fwnode parsing into
> sfp-bus layer"). This is caused by phylink_create() being passed a
> NULL fwnode, causing fwnode_property_get_reference_args() to return
> -EINVAL.
> 
> Don't attempt to attach to a SFP bus if we have no fwnode, which
> avoids this issue.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com>
> Fixes: 2203cbf2c8b5 ("net: sfp: move fwnode parsing into sfp-bus layer")
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Applied, thanks Russell.