[PATCH] can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix error message
From: Marc Kleine-Budde
Date: Tue Jan 20 2026 - 07:52:50 EST
Sinc commit 79a6d1bfe114 ("can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback():
unanchor URL on usb_submit_urb() error") a failing resubmit URB will print
an info message.
In the case of a short read where netdev has not yet been assigned,
initialize as NULL to avoid dereferencing an undefined value. Also report
the error value of the failed resubmit.
Fixes: 79a6d1bfe114 ("can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): unanchor URL on usb_submit_urb() error")
Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260119181904.1209979-1-kuba@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
index 192338b481f2..d8b2dd74b3a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static void gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
{
struct gs_usb *parent = urb->context;
struct gs_can *dev;
- struct net_device *netdev;
+ struct net_device *netdev = NULL;
int rc;
struct net_device_stats *stats;
struct gs_host_frame *hf = urb->transfer_buffer;
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static void gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
}
} else if (rc != -ESHUTDOWN && net_ratelimit()) {
netdev_info(netdev, "failed to re-submit IN URB: %pe\n",
- ERR_PTR(urb->status));
+ ERR_PTR(rc));
}
}
---
base-commit: 58bae918d73e3b6cd57d1e39fcf7c75c7dd1a8fe
change-id: 20260120-gs_usb-fix-error-message-0b0e3f83391c
Best regards,
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Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>