Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net: usb: rtl8150: handle link status read failures

[Andrew Lunn]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 06:50:33PM +0200, Yousef Alhouseen wrote:
> set_carrier() ignores the result of the USB control transfer and tests
> the stack variable supplied as its receive buffer. If the device rejects
> or aborts the request, that variable remains uninitialized and the driver
> chooses an arbitrary carrier state.
> 
> Leave the existing carrier state unchanged when the link status cannot be
> read. A transient USB error should not be treated as link loss.
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")

If it is for net-next it does not need a Fixes tag.

Please also note that:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

say:

* don’t repost your patches within one 24h period

It is a good idea the read that whole document.

	Andrew