netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: pegasus: Proper error handing when setting pegasus' MAC address

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Date:   Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:42:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     petko.manolov@...sulko.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: pegasus: Proper error handing when setting
 pegasus' MAC address

From: Petko Manolov <petko.manolov@...sulko.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:40:39 +0300

> -static void set_ethernet_addr(pegasus_t *pegasus)
> +static int set_ethernet_addr(pegasus_t *pegasus)
>  {

You change this to return an 'int' but no callers were updated to check it.

Furthermore, failure to probe a MAC address can be resolved by
choosing a random MAC address.  This handling is preferrable because
it allows the interface to still come up successfully.