[PATCH 1/1 net-next] net: usb: cdc-ether: unify error handling in probe

From: Oliver Neukum

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 07:29:47 EST


usbnet_generic_cdc_bind() is duplicating the error handling
multiple times. That is bad. Unify it with jumps.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
index a032c1ded406..327cfdfe36e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int usbnet_generic_cdc_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
int len = intf->cur_altsetting->extralen;
struct usb_interface_descriptor *d;
struct cdc_state *info = (void *) &dev->data;
- int status;
+ int status = -ENODEV;
int rndis;
bool android_rndis_quirk = false;
struct usb_driver *driver = driver_of(intf);
@@ -288,16 +288,11 @@ int usbnet_generic_cdc_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
if (info->data != info->control) {
status = usb_driver_claim_interface(driver, info->data, dev);
if (status < 0)
- return status;
+ goto bad_desc;
}
status = usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, info->data);
- if (status < 0) {
- /* ensure immediate exit from usbnet_disconnect */
- usb_set_intfdata(info->data, NULL);
- if (info->data != info->control)
- usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data);
- return status;
- }
+ if (status < 0)
+ goto bail_out_and_release;

/* status endpoint: optional for CDC Ethernet, not RNDIS (or ACM) */
if (info->data != info->control)
@@ -317,9 +312,8 @@ int usbnet_generic_cdc_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
}
if (rndis && !dev->status) {
dev_dbg(&intf->dev, "missing RNDIS status endpoint\n");
- usb_set_intfdata(info->data, NULL);
- usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data);
- return -ENODEV;
+ status = -ENODEV;
+ goto bail_out_and_release;
}

/* override ethtool_ops */
@@ -327,9 +321,13 @@ int usbnet_generic_cdc_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)

return 0;

+bail_out_and_release:
+ usb_set_intfdata(info->data, NULL);
+ if (info->data != info->control)
+ usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data);
bad_desc:
dev_info(&dev->udev->dev, "bad CDC descriptors\n");
- return -ENODEV;
+ return status;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_generic_cdc_bind);

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