On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:14:59 +0530 Anant Thazhemadam wrote: > get_registers() directly returns the return value of > usb_control_msg_recv() - 0 if successful, and negative error number > otherwise. Are you expecting Greg to take this as a part of some USB subsystem changes? I don't see usb_control_msg_recv() in my tree, and the semantics of usb_control_msg() are not what you described. > However, in set_ethernet_addr(), this return value is incorrectly > checked. > > Since this return value will never be equal to sizeof(node_id), a > random MAC address will always be generated and assigned to the > device; even in cases when get_registers() is successful. > > Correctly modifying the condition that checks if get_registers() was > successful or not fixes this problem, and copies the ethernet address > appropriately. > > Fixes: f45a4248ea4c ("set random MAC address when set_ethernet_addr() fails") > Signed-off-by: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx> The fixes tag does not follow the standard format: Fixes tag: Fixes: f45a4248ea4c ("set random MAC address when set_ethernet_addr() fails") Has these problem(s): - Subject does not match target commit subject Just use git log -1 --format='Fixes: %h ("%s")' Please put the relevant maintainer in the To: field of the email, and even better - also mark the patch as [PATCH net], since it's a networking fix.