netdev - [PATCH] net: lan78xx: add an error code check in lan78xx_write_raw

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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:40:23 +0800
From: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
To: woojung.huh@...rochip.com,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	nathan@...nel.org,
	ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
	trix@...hat.com
Cc: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: lan78xx: add an error code check in lan78xx_write_raw_eeprom

check the value of 'ret' after call 'lan78xx_read_reg'.

Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
---

Clang complains that value stored to 'ret' is never read.
Maybe this place miss an error code check, I'm not sure 
about this.

 drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index 59cde06aa7f6..347788336b11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -977,6 +977,10 @@ static int lan78xx_write_raw_eeprom(struct lan78xx_net *dev, u32 offset,
 	 * disable & restore LED function to access EEPROM.
 	 */
 	ret = lan78xx_read_reg(dev, HW_CFG, &val);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		retval = -EIO;
+		goto exit;
+	}
 	saved = val;
 	if (dev->chipid == ID_REV_CHIP_ID_7800_) {
 		val &= ~(HW_CFG_LED1_EN_ | HW_CFG_LED0_EN_);
-- 
2.30.2