[PATCH net] net: ixp4xx_eth: handle probe deferral from of_get_mac_address()
From: Rosen Penev
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 21:36:49 EST
ixp4xx_of_get_platdata() returns NULL on failure, which the probe converts
to -ENODEV, discarding the real cause of the failure. Return ERR_PTR()
with the appropriate error so callers can distinguish cases such as
missing DT properties (-EINVAL) and, importantly, handle -EPROBE_DEFER
from of_get_mac_address().
Fixes: 95aafe911db6 ("net: ethernet: ixp4xx: Support device tree probing")
Assisted-by: opencode:hy3-free
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
index b0faa0f1780d..b8889f87ca03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -1444,13 +1444,13 @@ static struct eth_plat_info *ixp4xx_of_get_platdata(struct device *dev)
plat = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*plat), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!plat)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
ret = of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args(np, "intel,npe-handle", 1, 0,
&npe_spec);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "no NPE engine specified\n");
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
/* NPE ID 0x00, 0x10, 0x20... */
plat->npe = (npe_spec.args[0] << 4);
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ static struct eth_plat_info *ixp4xx_of_get_platdata(struct device *dev)
&queue_spec);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "no rx queue phandle\n");
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
plat->rxq = queue_spec.args[0];
@@ -1477,11 +1477,13 @@ static struct eth_plat_info *ixp4xx_of_get_platdata(struct device *dev)
&queue_spec);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "no txready queue phandle\n");
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
plat->txreadyq = queue_spec.args[0];
ret = of_get_mac_address(np, mac);
+ if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
if (!ret) {
dev_info(dev, "Setting macaddr from DT %pM\n", mac);
memcpy(plat->hwaddr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
@@ -1501,8 +1503,8 @@ static int ixp4xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
int err;
plat = ixp4xx_of_get_platdata(dev);
- if (!plat)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (IS_ERR(plat))
+ return PTR_ERR(plat);
if (!(ndev = devm_alloc_etherdev(dev, sizeof(struct port))))
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.55.0