netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 06/21] net: usb: lan78xx: Improve error handling in EEPROM and OTP operations

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Message-ID: <ce20c7c4-0cbd-4c19-b695-4916c2d63f78@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:35:43 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 06/21] net: usb: lan78xx: Improve error
 handling in EEPROM and OTP operations

On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 08:21:39AM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Refine error handling in EEPROM and OTP read/write functions by:
> - Return error values immediately upon detection.
> - Avoid overwriting correct error codes with `-EIO`.
> - Preserve initial error codes as they were appropriate for specific
>   failures.
> - Use `-ETIMEDOUT` for timeout conditions instead of `-EIO`.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>

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

    Andrew