Re: [PATCH net] net: usb: lan78xx: fix use of improperly initialized dev->chipid in lan78xx_reset

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed,  1 Oct 2025 18:44:09 +0530 I Viswanath wrote:
> dev->chipid is used in lan78xx_init_mac_address before it's initialized:
> 
> lan78xx_reset() {
>     lan78xx_init_mac_address()
>         lan78xx_read_eeprom()
>             lan78xx_read_raw_eeprom() <- dev->chipid is used here
> 
>     dev->chipid = ... <- dev->chipid is initialized correctly here
> }
> 
> Reorder initialization so that dev->chipid is set before calling
> lan78xx_init_mac_address().

We need a Fixes tag
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