netdev - [PATCH net-next 01/15] net: dsa: mt7530: make some noise if register read fails

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Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:19:26 +0100
From:   Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Arınç Ünal <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Sam Shih <Sam.Shih@...iatek.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 01/15] net: dsa: mt7530: make some noise if register
 read fails

Simply returning the negative error value instead of the read value
doesn't seem like a good idea. Return 0 instead and add WARN_ON_ONCE(1)
so this kind of error will not go unnoticed.

Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
index a0d99af897ace..18d4aa6bb9968 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
@@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ mt7530_mii_read(struct mt7530_priv *priv, u32 reg)
 	/* MT7530 uses 31 as the pseudo port */
 	ret = bus->write(bus, 0x1f, 0x1f, page);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		dev_err(&bus->dev,
 			"failed to read mt7530 register\n");
-		return ret;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	lo = bus->read(bus, 0x1f, r);
-- 
2.39.2