[PATCH v2 2/2] sungem: validate BCM5411 PHY register reads

From: Joel

Date: Thu Apr 23 2026 - 23:34:18 EST


Check for -EIO and 0xffff during initialization to prevent silent failures. Add error logging to gem_init_phy to report failures.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c | 8 ++++++--
drivers/net/sungem_phy.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
index 8e69d917d..525aba527 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
@@ -1707,8 +1707,12 @@ static void gem_init_phy(struct gem *gp)
sungem_phy_probe(&gp->phy_mii, gp->mii_phy_addr);

/* Init PHY */
- if (gp->phy_mii.def && gp->phy_mii.def->ops->init)
- gp->phy_mii.def->ops->init(&gp->phy_mii);
+ if (gp->phy_mii.def && gp->phy_mii.def->ops->init) {
+ int err = gp->phy_mii.def->ops->init(&gp->phy_mii);
+
+ if (err)
+ netdev_err(gp->dev, "PHY init failed: %d\n", err);
+ }
} else {
gem_pcs_reset(gp);
gem_pcs_reinit_adv(gp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
index 44cbe1938..ec8800c93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
@@ -296,7 +296,12 @@ static int bcm5411_init(struct mii_phy *phy)
sungem_phy_write(phy, MII_BMCR, BMCR_RESET);
sungem_phy_write(phy, MII_BMCR, 0x1340);

- data = sungem_phy_read(phy, MII_BCM5400_GB_CONTROL);
+ val = sungem_phy_read(phy, MII_BCM5400_GB_CONTROL);
+
+ if (val < 0 || val == 0xffff)
+ return -EIO;
+
+ data = (u16)val;
data |= MII_BCM5400_GB_CONTROL_FULLDUPLEXCAP;
sungem_phy_write(phy, MII_BCM5400_GB_CONTROL, data);

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2.43.0