On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 13:02 +0530, Anant Thazhemadam wrote:
> When get_registers() fails (which happens when usb_control_msg() fails)
> in set_ethernet_addr(), the uninitialized value of node_id gets copied
> as the address.
unrelated trivia:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
From: Anant Thazhemadam
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 13:02:20 +0530
> When get_registers() fails (which happens when usb_control_msg() fails)
> in set_ethernet_addr(), the uninitialized value of node_id gets copied
> as the address.
>
> Checking for the return values appropriately, and handling the
When get_registers() fails (which happens when usb_control_msg() fails)
in set_ethernet_addr(), the uninitialized value of node_id gets copied
as the address.
Checking for the return values appropriately, and handling the case
wherein set_ethernet_addr() fails like this, helps in avoiding the
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