netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 5/7] net: usb: asix: add error handling for asix_mdio

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Date:   Sat, 5 Jun 2021 01:31:14 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 5/7] net: usb: asix: add error handling for
 asix_mdio_* functions

> -void asix_mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc, int val)
> +static int __asix_mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc,
> +			     int val)
>  {
>  	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
>  	__le16 res = cpu_to_le16(val);
> @@ -517,13 +522,24 @@ void asix_mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc, int val)
>  	} while (!(smsr & AX_HOST_EN) && (i++ < 30) && (ret != -ENODEV));
>  	if (ret == -ENODEV) {
>  		mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex);
> -		return;
> +		return ret;

Now that you have added an out: it might be better to use a goto?

Otherwise

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew