netdev - [net 2/6] can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_probe(): bail out if no IRQ was given

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:02:57 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, linux-can@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        Niels Petter <petter@...long.de>
Subject: [net 2/6] can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_probe(): bail out if no IRQ was given

This patch add a check to the mcp251xfd_probe() function to bail out and give
the user a proper error message if no IRQ is specified. Otherwise the driver
will probe just fine but ifup will fail with a meaningless "RTNETLINK answers:
Invalid argument" error message.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201123113522.3820052-1-mkl@pengutronix.de
Reported-by: Niels Petter <petter@...long.de>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
index 9c215f7c5f81..8a39be076e14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
@@ -2738,6 +2738,10 @@ static int mcp251xfd_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	u32 freq;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!spi->irq)
+		return dev_err_probe(&spi->dev, -ENXIO,
+				     "No IRQ specified (maybe node \"interrupts-extended\" in DT missing)!\n");
+
 	rx_int = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&spi->dev, "microchip,rx-int",
 					 GPIOD_IN);
 	if (PTR_ERR(rx_int) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-- 
2.29.2