The ax88772_bind() should return error code immediately when the PHY was not reset properly through ax88772a_hw_reset(). Otherwise, The asix_get_phyid() will block when get the PHY Identifier from the PHYSID1 MII registers through asix_mdio_read() due to the PHY isn't ready. Furthermore, it will produce a lot of error message cause system crash.As follows: asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x0000: -71 asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to send software reset: ffffffb9 asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x0000: -71 asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to enable software MII access asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0000: -71 asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x0000: -71 asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to enable software MII access asix 1-1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0000: -71 ... Signed-off-by: Zhang Run <zhang.run@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Yang Wei <yang.wei9@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c index b654f05..3d93993 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c @@ -739,8 +739,13 @@ static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf) asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_STATMNGSTS_REG, 0, 0, 1, &chipcode, 0); chipcode &= AX_CHIPCODE_MASK; - (chipcode == AX_AX88772_CHIPCODE) ? ax88772_hw_reset(dev, 0) : - ax88772a_hw_reset(dev, 0); + ret = (chipcode == AX_AX88772_CHIPCODE) ? ax88772_hw_reset(dev, 0) : + ax88772a_hw_reset(dev, 0); + + if (ret < 0) { + netdev_dbg(dev->net, "Failed to reset AX88772: %d\n", ret); + return ret; + } /* Read PHYID register *AFTER* the PHY was reset properly */ phyid = asix_get_phyid(dev); -- 2.7.4