[RFC net-next/wireless-next v1 1/2] ethernet: check nvmem cells for mac-address

device_get_mac_address() can now return -EPROBE_DEFER.
This has to be passed back to the device subsystem so
the driver will be probed again at a later time.

This was somewhat involved because the best place for this
seemed in ath10k_core_create() right after allocation.
Thing is that ath10k_core_create() was setup to either
return a valid ath10k* instance, or NULL. So each ath10k
implementation has to be modified to account for ERR_PTR.

This introduces a new side-effect: the returned error codes
from ath10k_core_create() will now be passed along. It's no
longer just -ENOMEM.

Note: If device_get_mac_address() didn't get a valid MAC from
either the DT/ACPI, nvmem, etc... the driver will just generate
random MAC (same as it did before).

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <redacted>
---
@Kalle from what I can tell, this is how nvmem-mac could be
done with the existing device_get_mac_address() - at a
different place. The reason for the move was that -EPROBE_DEFER
needs to be returned by the pci/usb/snoc/ahb _probe functions().
This wasn't possible in the old location. As ath10k deferres
the "bring-up" process into a workqueue task which can't return
any errors (it just printk/dev_err them at the end).
Also, When I was asking around about this. The common consensus was
to just post it and see. This is based on net-next + wireless-testing

  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ahb.c  |  8 +++++---
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 14 ++++++++------
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c  |  8 +++++---
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c |  8 +++++---
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c |  8 +++++---
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c  |  8 +++++---
  6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

  

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ahb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ahb.c
index ab8f77ae5e66..ad282a06b376 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ahb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ahb.c

@@ -745,9 +745,11 @@ static int ath10k_ahb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
  	size = sizeof(*ar_pci) + sizeof(*ar_ahb);
  	ar = ath10k_core_create(size, &pdev->dev, ATH10K_BUS_AHB,
  				hw_rev, &ath10k_ahb_hif_ops);
-	if (!ar) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate core\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ar)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ar);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate core: %d\n", ret);

+		return ret;
  	}
  
  	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "ahb probe\n");

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 72a366aa9f60..85d2e8143101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c

@@ -3291,8 +3291,6 @@ static int ath10k_core_probe_fw(struct ath10k *ar)
  		ath10k_debug_print_board_info(ar);
  	}
  
-	device_get_mac_address(ar->dev, ar->mac_addr);
-
  	ret = ath10k_core_init_firmware_features(ar);
  	if (ret) {
  		ath10k_err(ar, "fatal problem with firmware features: %d\n",

@@ -3451,11 +3449,11 @@ struct ath10k *ath10k_core_create(size_t priv_size, struct device *dev,
  				  const struct ath10k_hif_ops *hif_ops)
  {
  	struct ath10k *ar;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
  
  	ar = ath10k_mac_create(priv_size);
  	if (!ar)
-		return NULL;
+		goto err_out;
  
  	ar->ath_common.priv = ar;
  	ar->ath_common.hw = ar->hw;

@@ -3464,6 +3462,10 @@ struct ath10k *ath10k_core_create(size_t priv_size, struct device *dev,
  	ar->hif.ops = hif_ops;
  	ar->hif.bus = bus;
  
+	ret = device_get_mac_address(dev, ar->mac_addr);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		goto err_free_mac;
+
  	switch (hw_rev) {
  	case ATH10K_HW_QCA988X:
  	case ATH10K_HW_QCA9887:

@@ -3580,8 +3582,8 @@ struct ath10k *ath10k_core_create(size_t priv_size, struct device *dev,
  	destroy_workqueue(ar->workqueue);
  err_free_mac:
  	ath10k_mac_destroy(ar);
-
-	return NULL;
+err_out:
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
  }
  EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath10k_core_create);
  

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
index 4d4e2f91e15c..f4736148a382 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c

@@ -3602,9 +3602,11 @@ static int ath10k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
  
  	ar = ath10k_core_create(sizeof(*ar_pci), &pdev->dev, ATH10K_BUS_PCI,
  				hw_rev, &ath10k_pci_hif_ops);
-	if (!ar) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate core\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ar)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ar);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate core: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
  	}
  
  	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "pci probe %04x:%04x %04x:%04x\n",

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
index 63e1c2d783c5..87941e047d07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c

@@ -2526,9 +2526,11 @@ static int ath10k_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
  
  	ar = ath10k_core_create(sizeof(*ar_sdio), &func->dev, ATH10K_BUS_SDIO,
  				hw_rev, &ath10k_sdio_hif_ops);
-	if (!ar) {
-		dev_err(&func->dev, "failed to allocate core\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ar)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ar);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&func->dev, "failed to allocate core: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
  	}
  
  	netif_napi_add(&ar->napi_dev, &ar->napi, ath10k_sdio_napi_poll,

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
index 9513ab696fff..b9ac89e226a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c

@@ -1728,9 +1728,11 @@ static int ath10k_snoc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
  
  	ar = ath10k_core_create(sizeof(*ar_snoc), dev, ATH10K_BUS_SNOC,
  				drv_data->hw_rev, &ath10k_snoc_hif_ops);
-	if (!ar) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate core\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ar)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ar);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate core: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
  	}
  
  	ar_snoc = ath10k_snoc_priv(ar);

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c
index 3d98f19c6ec8..d6dc830a6fa8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c

@@ -987,9 +987,11 @@ static int ath10k_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
  
  	ar = ath10k_core_create(sizeof(*ar_usb), &dev->dev, ATH10K_BUS_USB,
  				hw_rev, &ath10k_usb_hif_ops);
-	if (!ar) {
-		dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to allocate core\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ar)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ar);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to allocate core: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
  	}
  
  	usb_get_dev(dev);