With DEBUG defined, any frame received will see its MHR fields (fc and addresses, mainly) being printed in the kernel log buffer, unconditionally. In most cases this is fine, but in some specific cases (like Acknowledgment frames, where both the source and destination addressing fields are omitted), it displays garbage which is misleading. Only print the addressing fields when they are present, which clarifies the logs. Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac802154/rx.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac802154/rx.c b/net/mac802154/rx.c index c439125ef2b9..c0fd8d0c7f03 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/rx.c +++ b/net/mac802154/rx.c @@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ ieee802154_subif_frame(struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata, static void ieee802154_print_addr(const char *name, const struct ieee802154_addr *addr) { - if (addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE) + if (addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE) { pr_debug("%s not present\n", name); + return; + } pr_debug("%s PAN ID: %04x\n", name, le16_to_cpu(addr->pan_id)); if (addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT) { -- 2.34.1