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[3/5,next] net: vertexcom: mse102x: Fix random MAC address log

Message ID 20240827191000.3244-4-wahrenst@gmx.net (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series net: vertexcom: mse102x: Minor clean-ups | expand

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Commit Message

Stefan Wahren Aug. 27, 2024, 7:09 p.m. UTC
At the time of MAC address assignment the netdev is not registered yet,
so netdev log functions won't work as expected. While we are at this
downgrade the log level to a warning, because a random MAC address is
not a real error.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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2.34.1

Comments

Simon Horman Aug. 28, 2024, 2:40 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 09:09:58PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> At the time of MAC address assignment the netdev is not registered yet,
> so netdev log functions won't work as expected. While we are at this
> downgrade the log level to a warning, because a random MAC address is
> not a real error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
index 336435fe8241..4ce027f8e376 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@  static void mse102x_init_mac(struct mse102x_net *mse, struct device_node *np)

 	if (ret) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
-		netdev_err(ndev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
-			   ndev->dev_addr);
+		dev_warn(ndev->dev.parent, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
+			 ndev->dev_addr);
 	}
 }