linux-stable.git/drivers/staging/most/net, branch master Linux kernel stable tree staging: most: net: replace pr_err with netdev_err 2026-05-11T07:58:02+00:00 Maha Maryam Javaid mahamaryamjavaid@gmail.com 2026-05-08T06:04:38+00:00 a5b28f0d8f7c323d3e2184599f438f01af3308a8 Replace remaining pr_err() calls with netdev_err() where a net device is available to provide better context in error messages. Lines in skb_to_mep() are left as pr_err() since no net device context is available there. Signed-off-by: Maha Maryam Javaid <mahamaryamjavaid@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260508060438.20156-1-mahamaryamjavaid@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Replace remaining pr_err() calls with netdev_err() where a net device
is available to provide better context in error messages.

Lines in skb_to_mep() are left as pr_err() since no net device
context is available there.

Signed-off-by: Maha Maryam Javaid <mahamaryamjavaid@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260508060438.20156-1-mahamaryamjavaid@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: net: remove filename from top-of-file comment 2026-04-27T11:01:51+00:00 Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira shyamsunderreddypadira@gmail.com 2026-04-11T09:51:36+00:00 57b5b1f45057caf56d8f501a9a68fca5a08fc6d5 Remove the filename reference from the top-of-file comment block, to resolve a checkpatch.pl warning. The filename comment is not useful and can become outdated if the file is renamed. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira <shyamsunderreddypadira@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260411095255.4890-1-shyamsunderreddypadira@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Remove the filename reference from the
top-of-file comment block, to resolve a
checkpatch.pl warning. The filename comment is
not useful and can become outdated if the file is
renamed.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira <shyamsunderreddypadira@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260411095255.4890-1-shyamsunderreddypadira@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most/net: remove dead code from skb_to_mamac() and skb_to_mep() 2026-04-27T11:01:51+00:00 Hadi Chokr hadichokr@icloud.com 2026-04-01T12:57:11+00:00 62cf6eb023a89dee27e2413c5a503468e07e0f4a The overflow checks in skb_to_mamac() and skb_to_mep() are always false: mdp_len = (skb->len - ETH_HLEN) + MDP_HDR_LEN = skb->len + 2 mep_len = skb->len + MEP_HDR_LEN = skb->len + 8 Remove these checks to clean up the code. Signed-off-by: Hadi Chokr <hadichokr@icloud.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401125711.80822-1-hadichokr@icloud.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
The overflow checks in skb_to_mamac() and skb_to_mep() are always false:

  mdp_len = (skb->len - ETH_HLEN) + MDP_HDR_LEN = skb->len + 2
  mep_len = skb->len + MEP_HDR_LEN = skb->len + 8

Remove these checks to clean up the code.

Signed-off-by: Hadi Chokr <hadichokr@icloud.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401125711.80822-1-hadichokr@icloud.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: net: remove unused header include 2026-02-23T14:01:43+00:00 Rajveer Chaudhari rajveer.chaudhari.linux@gmail.com 2026-02-10T16:48:41+00:00 d289635eb0f197ad22851e393cebd1e772ebdd89 Remove unused header include from net.c to reduce unnecessary dependencies and improve compilation time. Signed-off-by: Rajveer Chaudhari <rajveer.chaudhari.linux@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210164841.118503-1-rajveer.chaudhari.linux@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Remove unused header include from net.c to
reduce unnecessary dependencies and improve compilation time.

Signed-off-by: Rajveer Chaudhari <rajveer.chaudhari.linux@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210164841.118503-1-rajveer.chaudhari.linux@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: net: Make use of the helper macro LIST_HEAD() 2022-02-15T16:05:34+00:00 Cai Huoqing cai.huoqing@linux.dev 2022-02-09T03:26:43+00:00 b7b3c35e8791ca77dec16f35a6c6a84b5922ecc2 Replace "struct list_head head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(head)" with "LIST_HEAD(head)" to simplify the code. Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220209032645.38305-1-cai.huoqing@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Replace "struct list_head head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(head)" with
"LIST_HEAD(head)" to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220209032645.38305-1-cai.huoqing@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: use eth_hw_addr_set() instead of ether_addr_copy() 2021-10-20T17:33:58+00:00 Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org 2021-10-19T17:12:37+00:00 349f631da4e1bdcb1b4a2a3ee630d689bfe6724d Commit 406f42fa0d3c ("net-next: When a bond have a massive amount of VLANs...") introduced a rbtree for faster Ethernet address look up. To maintain netdev->dev_addr in this tree we need to make all the writes to it got through appropriate helpers. Convert staging from ether_addr_copy() to eth_hw_addr_set(): @@ expression dev, np; @@ - ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, np) + eth_hw_addr_set(dev, np) Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211019171243.1412240-3-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Commit 406f42fa0d3c ("net-next: When a bond have a massive amount
of VLANs...") introduced a rbtree for faster Ethernet address look
up. To maintain netdev->dev_addr in this tree we need to make all
the writes to it got through appropriate helpers.

Convert staging from ether_addr_copy() to eth_hw_addr_set():

  @@
  expression dev, np;
  @@
  - ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, np)
  + eth_hw_addr_set(dev, np)

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211019171243.1412240-3-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: net: Fix some kernel-doc formatting issues 2021-05-10T09:19:25+00:00 Lee Jones lee.jones@linaro.org 2021-04-14T18:10:58+00:00 2f61c6649f470b094f32586872e95648410e38f0 Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/staging/most/net/net.c:548: warning: Function parameter or member 'iface' not described in 'on_netinfo' drivers/staging/most/net/net.c:548: warning: Function parameter or member 'link_stat' not described in 'on_netinfo' drivers/staging/most/net/net.c:548: warning: Function parameter or member 'mac_addr' not described in 'on_netinfo' Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Andrey Shvetsov <andrey.shvetsov@k2l.de> Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210414181129.1628598-27-lee.jones@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):

 drivers/staging/most/net/net.c:548: warning: Function parameter or member 'iface' not described in 'on_netinfo'
 drivers/staging/most/net/net.c:548: warning: Function parameter or member 'link_stat' not described in 'on_netinfo'
 drivers/staging/most/net/net.c:548: warning: Function parameter or member 'mac_addr' not described in 'on_netinfo'

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Andrey Shvetsov <andrey.shvetsov@k2l.de>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210414181129.1628598-27-lee.jones@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: net: use DEFINE_MUTEX() for mutex lock 2020-12-28T14:09:28+00:00 Zheng Yongjun zhengyongjun3@huawei.com 2020-12-24T13:25:19+00:00 6abeae2adc96a2d6eb1973b221e40cc776557197 mutex lock can be initialized automatically with DEFINE_MUTEX() rather than explicitly calling mutex_init(). Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201224132519.31504-1-zhengyongjun3@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
mutex lock can be initialized automatically with DEFINE_MUTEX()
rather than explicitly calling mutex_init().

Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201224132519.31504-1-zhengyongjun3@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: Use %pM format specifier for MAC addresses 2020-07-31T07:47:45+00:00 Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com 2020-07-30T15:15:06+00:00 11c416e3f0ea437661514fa68967a5dba3cdf886 Convert to %pM instead of using custom code. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200730151506.38827-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Convert to %pM instead of using custom code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200730151506.38827-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: most: move core files out of the staging area 2020-03-24T12:42:44+00:00 Christian Gromm christian.gromm@microchip.com 2020-03-10T13:02:40+00:00 b276527539188f1f61c082ebef27803db93e536d This patch moves the core module to the /drivers/most directory and makes all necessary changes in order to not break the build. Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@microchip.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1583845362-26707-2-git-send-email-christian.gromm@microchip.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
This patch moves the core module to the /drivers/most directory
and makes all necessary changes in order to not break the build.

Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@microchip.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1583845362-26707-2-git-send-email-christian.gromm@microchip.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>