Re: [PATCH net] r8152: handle the return value of usb_reset_device()

[Andrew Lunn]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 02:42:34AM +0000, Chih Kai Hsu wrote:
> On 04/06/26 8:54 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 05:22:47PM +0800, Chih Kai Hsu wrote:
> > > If usb_reset_device() returns a negative error code, stop the process
> > > of probing.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 10c3271712f5 ("r8152: disable the ECM mode")
> > 
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> > 
> > Does this bother people?
> Yes, it does.
> If the driver does not return early when receiving an error code from usb_reset_device(),
> the subsequent execution will trigger a kernel call trace.

Please include a link to such a bug report, kernel call trace etc, to
to show it bothers somebody. Do you have the hardware and can trigger
this?

	Andrew