netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: ucc_geth: fix usage with NVMEM MAC address

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Message-ID: <20241104210127.307420-5-rosenp@gmail.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Nov 2024 13:01:27 -0800
From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org (open list:FREESCALE QUICC ENGINE UCC ETHERNET DRIVER),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: ucc_geth: fix usage with NVMEM MAC address

When nvmem is not ready, of_get_ethdev_address returns -EPROBE_DEFER. In
such a case, return -EPROBE_DEFER to avoid not having a proper MAC
address.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 88a9e7db687c..30453a20e467 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3735,7 +3735,9 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 		goto err_deregister_fixed_link;
 	}
 
-	of_get_ethdev_address(np, dev);
+	err = of_get_ethdev_address(np, dev);
+	if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		goto err_deregister_fixed_link;
 
 	ugeth->ug_info = ug_info;
 	ugeth->dev = device;
-- 
2.47.0