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[net-next,v2,1/2] of: net: pass the dst buffer to of_get_mac_address()

Message ID 20210406153725.10059-2-michael@walle.cc (mailing list archive)
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Series of: net: support non-platform devices in of_get_mac_address() | expand
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Commit Message

Michael Walle April 6, 2021, 3:37 p.m. UTC
of_get_mac_address() returns a "const void*" pointer to a MAC address.
Lately, support to fetch the MAC address by an NVMEM provider was added.
But this will only work with platform devices. It will not work with
PCI devices (e.g. of an integrated root complex) and esp. not with DSA
ports.

There is an of_* variant of the nvmem binding which works without
devices. The returned data of a nvmem_cell_read() has to be freed after
use. On the other hand the return of_get_mac_address() points to some
static data without a lifetime. The trick for now, was to allocate a
device resource managed buffer which is then returned. This will only
work if we have an actual device.

Change it, so that the caller of of_get_mac_address() has to supply a
buffer where the MAC address is written to. Unfortunately, this will
touch all drivers which use the of_get_mac_address().

Usually the code looks like:

  const char *addr;
  addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
  if (!IS_ERR(addr))
    ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, addr);

This can then be simply rewritten as:

  of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);

Sometimes is_valid_ether_addr() is used to test the MAC address.
of_get_mac_address() already makes sure, it just returns a valid MAC
address. Thus we can just test its return code. But we have to be
careful if there are still other sources for the MAC address before the
of_get_mac_address(). In this case we have to keep the
is_valid_ether_addr() call.

The following coccinelle patch was used to convert common cases to the
new style. Afterwards, I've manually gone over the drivers and fixed the
return code variable: either used a new one or if one was already
available use that. Mansour Moufid, thanks for that coccinelle patch!

<spml>
@a@
identifier x;
expression y, z;
@@
- x = of_get_mac_address(y);
+ x = of_get_mac_address(y, z);
  <...
- ether_addr_copy(z, x);
  ...>

@@
identifier a.x;
@@
- if (<+... x ...+>) {}

@@
identifier a.x;
@@
  if (<+... x ...+>) {
      ...
  }
- else {}

@@
identifier a.x;
expression e;
@@
- if (<+... x ...+>@e)
-     {}
- else
+ if (!(e))
      {...}

@@
expression x, y, z;
@@
- x = of_get_mac_address(y, z);
+ of_get_mac_address(y, z);
  ... when != x
</spml>

All drivers, except drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c, were
compile-time tested.

Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
---
 arch/arm/mach-mvebu/kirkwood.c                |  3 +-
 arch/powerpc/sysdev/tsi108_dev.c              |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c         |  6 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c   | 10 +---
 drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c          |  8 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c         |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm4908_enet.c  |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c    |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c    | 10 ++--
 .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c    | 11 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c      | 11 +---
 .../net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c  |  8 +--
 .../net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c         | 10 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c                  |  6 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c        |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c     |  7 ++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c  |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c     |  9 +--
 .../ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c      |  8 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c     |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c   |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c          |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c    |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c         |  6 +-
 .../ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_main.c | 11 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c     |  9 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c           |  8 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c   | 11 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c   |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c |  5 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c            |  4 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c       | 10 +---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_uart.c      |  9 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c      | 12 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c         |  5 +-
 .../ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c   | 13 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c      | 10 +---
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-anarion.c   |  2 +-
 .../stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c        |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c   |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-imx.c   |  2 +-
 .../stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel-plat.c         |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c   |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c   |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-mediatek.c  |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson.c |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c   |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-oxnas.c |  2 +-
 .../stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c        |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c    |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c   |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sti.c   |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c |  2 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-visconti.c  |  2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h  |  2 +-
 .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c |  4 +-
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c | 14 ++---
 .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.h |  2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c      | 19 +++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c                |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c            |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c        |  8 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c          |  7 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100-spi.c       |  8 ++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c           |  2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c   |  6 +-
 .../net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 11 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c |  8 +--
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c         |  5 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c   |  9 +--
 .../net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c    |  6 +-
 drivers/of/of_net.c                           | 60 +++++++++----------
 drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c             | 10 +---
 drivers/staging/wfx/main.c                    |  7 +--
 include/linux/of_net.h                        |  6 +-
 include/net/dsa.h                             |  2 +-
 net/dsa/dsa2.c                                |  2 +-
 net/dsa/slave.c                               |  2 +-
 net/ethernet/eth.c                            | 11 ++--
 85 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 362 deletions(-)

Comments

Dan Carpenter April 9, 2021, 9:06 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Michael,

I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on net-next/master]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Michael-Walle/of-net-support-non-platform-devices-in-of_get_mac_address/20210406-234030 
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git  cc0626c2aaed8e475efdd85fa374b497a7192e35
config: x86_64-randconfig-m001-20210406 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

smatch warnings:
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c:2069 axienet_probe() warn: passing a valid pointer to 'PTR_ERR'

vim +/PTR_ERR +2069 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c

2be586205ca2b8 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1832  static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1833  {
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1834  	int ret;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1835  	struct device_node *np;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1836  	struct axienet_local *lp;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1837  	struct net_device *ndev;
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1838  	struct resource *ethres;
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  1839  	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  1840  	int addr_width = 32;
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1841  	u32 value;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1842  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1843  	ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*lp));
41de8d4cff21a2 Joe Perches         2012-01-29  1844  	if (!ndev)
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1845  		return -ENOMEM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1846  
95219aa538e11d Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1847  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1848  
95219aa538e11d Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1849  	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1850  	ndev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;  /* clear multicast */
28e24c62ab3062 Eric Dumazet        2013-12-02  1851  	ndev->features = NETIF_F_SG;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1852  	ndev->netdev_ops = &axienet_netdev_ops;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1853  	ndev->ethtool_ops = &axienet_ethtool_ops;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1854  
d894be57ca92c8 Jarod Wilson        2016-10-20  1855  	/* MTU range: 64 - 9000 */
d894be57ca92c8 Jarod Wilson        2016-10-20  1856  	ndev->min_mtu = 64;
d894be57ca92c8 Jarod Wilson        2016-10-20  1857  	ndev->max_mtu = XAE_JUMBO_MTU;
d894be57ca92c8 Jarod Wilson        2016-10-20  1858  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1859  	lp = netdev_priv(ndev);
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1860  	lp->ndev = ndev;
95219aa538e11d Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1861  	lp->dev = &pdev->dev;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1862  	lp->options = XAE_OPTION_DEFAULTS;
8b09ca823ffb4e Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1863  	lp->rx_bd_num = RX_BD_NUM_DEFAULT;
8b09ca823ffb4e Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1864  	lp->tx_bd_num = TX_BD_NUM_DEFAULT;
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1865  
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1866  	lp->axi_clk = devm_clk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "s_axi_lite_clk");
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1867  	if (!lp->axi_clk) {
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1868  		/* For backward compatibility, if named AXI clock is not present,
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1869  		 * treat the first clock specified as the AXI clock.
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1870  		 */
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1871  		lp->axi_clk = devm_clk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, NULL);
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1872  	}
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1873  	if (IS_ERR(lp->axi_clk)) {
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1874  		ret = PTR_ERR(lp->axi_clk);
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1875  		goto free_netdev;
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1876  	}
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1877  	ret = clk_prepare_enable(lp->axi_clk);
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1878  	if (ret) {
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1879  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to enable AXI clock: %d\n", ret);
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1880  		goto free_netdev;
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1881  	}
57baf8cc70ea4c Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1882  
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1883  	lp->misc_clks[0].id = "axis_clk";
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1884  	lp->misc_clks[1].id = "ref_clk";
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1885  	lp->misc_clks[2].id = "mgt_clk";
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1886  
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1887  	ret = devm_clk_bulk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, XAE_NUM_MISC_CLOCKS, lp->misc_clks);
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1888  	if (ret)
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1889  		goto cleanup_clk;
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1890  
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1891  	ret = clk_bulk_prepare_enable(XAE_NUM_MISC_CLOCKS, lp->misc_clks);
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1892  	if (ret)
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1893  		goto cleanup_clk;
b11bfb9a19f9d7 Robert Hancock      2021-03-25  1894  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1895  	/* Map device registers */
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1896  	ethres = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1897  	lp->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, ethres);
fcc028c106e575 Krzysztof Kozlowski 2015-07-09  1898  	if (IS_ERR(lp->regs)) {
fcc028c106e575 Krzysztof Kozlowski 2015-07-09  1899  		ret = PTR_ERR(lp->regs);
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  1900  		goto cleanup_clk;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1901  	}
7fa0043d5c74c6 Robert Hancock      2019-06-11  1902  	lp->regs_start = ethres->start;
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1903  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1904  	/* Setup checksum offload, but default to off if not specified */
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1905  	lp->features = 0;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1906  
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1907  	ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,txcsum", &value);
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1908  	if (!ret) {
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1909  		switch (value) {
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1910  		case 1:
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1911  			lp->csum_offload_on_tx_path =
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1912  				XAE_FEATURE_PARTIAL_TX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1913  			lp->features |= XAE_FEATURE_PARTIAL_TX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1914  			/* Can checksum TCP/UDP over IPv4. */
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1915  			ndev->features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1916  			break;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1917  		case 2:
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1918  			lp->csum_offload_on_tx_path =
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1919  				XAE_FEATURE_FULL_TX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1920  			lp->features |= XAE_FEATURE_FULL_TX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1921  			/* Can checksum TCP/UDP over IPv4. */
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1922  			ndev->features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1923  			break;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1924  		default:
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1925  			lp->csum_offload_on_tx_path = XAE_NO_CSUM_OFFLOAD;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1926  		}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1927  	}
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1928  	ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,rxcsum", &value);
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1929  	if (!ret) {
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1930  		switch (value) {
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1931  		case 1:
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1932  			lp->csum_offload_on_rx_path =
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1933  				XAE_FEATURE_PARTIAL_RX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1934  			lp->features |= XAE_FEATURE_PARTIAL_RX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1935  			break;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1936  		case 2:
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1937  			lp->csum_offload_on_rx_path =
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1938  				XAE_FEATURE_FULL_RX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1939  			lp->features |= XAE_FEATURE_FULL_RX_CSUM;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1940  			break;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1941  		default:
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1942  			lp->csum_offload_on_rx_path = XAE_NO_CSUM_OFFLOAD;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1943  		}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1944  	}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1945  	/* For supporting jumbo frames, the Axi Ethernet hardware must have
f080a8c35d8932 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1946  	 * a larger Rx/Tx Memory. Typically, the size must be large so that
f080a8c35d8932 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1947  	 * we can enable jumbo option and start supporting jumbo frames.
f080a8c35d8932 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1948  	 * Here we check for memory allocated for Rx/Tx in the hardware from
f080a8c35d8932 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1949  	 * the device-tree and accordingly set flags.
f080a8c35d8932 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1950  	 */
8495659bf93c8e Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1951  	of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,rxmem", &lp->rxmem);
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1952  
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1953  	lp->switch_x_sgmii = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1954  						   "xlnx,switch-x-sgmii");
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1955  
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1956  	/* Start with the proprietary, and broken phy_type */
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1957  	ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,phy-type", &value);
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1958  	if (!ret) {
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1959  		netdev_warn(ndev, "Please upgrade your device tree binary blob to use phy-mode");
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1960  		switch (value) {
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1961  		case XAE_PHY_TYPE_MII:
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1962  			lp->phy_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1963  			break;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1964  		case XAE_PHY_TYPE_GMII:
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1965  			lp->phy_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1966  			break;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1967  		case XAE_PHY_TYPE_RGMII_2_0:
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1968  			lp->phy_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1969  			break;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1970  		case XAE_PHY_TYPE_SGMII:
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1971  			lp->phy_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1972  			break;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1973  		case XAE_PHY_TYPE_1000BASE_X:
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1974  			lp->phy_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1975  			break;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1976  		default:
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1977  			ret = -EINVAL;
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  1978  			goto cleanup_clk;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1979  		}
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1980  	} else {
0c65b2b90d13c1 Andrew Lunn         2019-11-04  1981  		ret = of_get_phy_mode(pdev->dev.of_node, &lp->phy_mode);
0c65b2b90d13c1 Andrew Lunn         2019-11-04  1982  		if (ret)
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  1983  			goto cleanup_clk;
ee06b1728b9564 Alvaro G. M         2017-07-17  1984  	}
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1985  	if (lp->switch_x_sgmii && lp->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII &&
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1986  	    lp->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX) {
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1987  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "xlnx,switch-x-sgmii only supported with SGMII or 1000BaseX\n");
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1988  		ret = -EINVAL;
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  1989  		goto cleanup_clk;
6c8f06bb2e5147 Robert Hancock      2021-02-12  1990  	}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1991  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  1992  	/* Find the DMA node, map the DMA registers, and decode the DMA IRQs */
95219aa538e11d Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1993  	np = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "axistream-connected", 0);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1994  	if (np) {
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1995  		struct resource dmares;
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1996  
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1997  		ret = of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &dmares);
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  1998  		if (ret) {
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  1999  			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2000  				"unable to get DMA resource\n");
fa3a419d2f674b Wen Yang            2019-03-22  2001  			of_node_put(np);
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  2002  			goto cleanup_clk;
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  2003  		}
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2004  		lp->dma_regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev,
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2005  						     &dmares);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2006  		lp->rx_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 1);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2007  		lp->tx_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2008  		of_node_put(np);
d6349e3e14c7f7 Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2009  		lp->eth_irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2010  	} else {
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2011  		/* Check for these resources directly on the Ethernet node. */
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2012  		struct resource *res = platform_get_resource(pdev,
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2013  							     IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2014  		lp->dma_regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2015  		lp->rx_irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2016  		lp->tx_irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
d6349e3e14c7f7 Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2017  		lp->eth_irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 2);
28ef9ebdb64c6f Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2018  	}
fcc028c106e575 Krzysztof Kozlowski 2015-07-09  2019  	if (IS_ERR(lp->dma_regs)) {
46aa27df885321 Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  2020  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not map DMA regs\n");
fcc028c106e575 Krzysztof Kozlowski 2015-07-09  2021  		ret = PTR_ERR(lp->dma_regs);
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  2022  		goto cleanup_clk;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2023  	}
cb59c87dbc8be2 Michal Simek        2013-01-10  2024  	if ((lp->rx_irq <= 0) || (lp->tx_irq <= 0)) {
95219aa538e11d Srikanth Thokala    2015-05-05  2025  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not determine irqs\n");
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2026  		ret = -ENOMEM;
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  2027  		goto cleanup_clk;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2028  	}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2029  
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2030  	/* Autodetect the need for 64-bit DMA pointers.
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2031  	 * When the IP is configured for a bus width bigger than 32 bits,
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2032  	 * writing the MSB registers is mandatory, even if they are all 0.
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2033  	 * We can detect this case by writing all 1's to one such register
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2034  	 * and see if that sticks: when the IP is configured for 32 bits
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2035  	 * only, those registers are RES0.
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2036  	 * Those MSB registers were introduced in IP v7.1, which we check first.
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2037  	 */
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2038  	if ((axienet_ior(lp, XAE_ID_OFFSET) >> 24) >= 0x9) {
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2039  		void __iomem *desc = lp->dma_regs + XAXIDMA_TX_CDESC_OFFSET + 4;
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2040  
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2041  		iowrite32(0x0, desc);
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2042  		if (ioread32(desc) == 0) {	/* sanity check */
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2043  			iowrite32(0xffffffff, desc);
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2044  			if (ioread32(desc) > 0) {
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2045  				lp->features |= XAE_FEATURE_DMA_64BIT;
5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2046  				addr_width = 64;
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2047  				dev_info(&pdev->dev,
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2048  					 "autodetected 64-bit DMA range\n");
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2049  			}
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2050  			iowrite32(0x0, desc);
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2051  		}
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2052  	}
f735c40ed93cca Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2053  
5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2054  	ret = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(addr_width));
5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2055  	if (ret) {
5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2056  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No suitable DMA available\n");
59cd4f19267a0a Robert Hancock      2021-03-11  2057  		goto cleanup_clk;
5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2058  	}
5fff0151b3244d Andre Przywara      2020-03-24  2059  
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2060  	/* Check for Ethernet core IRQ (optional) */
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2061  	if (lp->eth_irq <= 0)
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2062  		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Ethernet core IRQ not defined\n");
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2063  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2064  	/* Retrieve the MAC address */
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2065  	ret = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_addr);
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2066  	if (!ret) {
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2067  		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2068  	} else {
d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock      2019-06-06 @2069  		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2070  			 PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
                                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
mac_addr isn't an error pointer.

411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2071  		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, NULL);
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2072  	}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2073  

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Dan Carpenter April 14, 2021, 5:33 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Michael,

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Michael-Walle/of-net-support-non-platform-devices-in-of_get_mac_address/20210406-234030
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git cc0626c2aaed8e475efdd85fa374b497a7192e35
config: x86_64-randconfig-m001-20210406 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

smatch warnings:
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c:2069 axienet_probe() warn: passing a valid pointer to 'PTR_ERR'

vim +/PTR_ERR +2069 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c

522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2060  	/* Check for Ethernet core IRQ (optional) */
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2061  	if (lp->eth_irq <= 0)
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2062  		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Ethernet core IRQ not defined\n");
522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2063  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2064  	/* Retrieve the MAC address */
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2065  	ret = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_addr);
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2066  	if (!ret) {
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2067  		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2068  	} else {
d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock      2019-06-06 @2069  		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2070  			 PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
                                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This should print "ret".

411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2071  		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, NULL);
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2072  	}
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2073  
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2074  	lp->coalesce_count_rx = XAXIDMA_DFT_RX_THRESHOLD;
8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2075  	lp->coalesce_count_tx = XAXIDMA_DFT_TX_THRESHOLD;

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Michael Walle April 14, 2021, 12:56 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi Dan,

Am 2021-04-14 07:33, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> url:
> https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Michael-Walle/of-net-support-non-platform-devices-in-of_get_mac_address/20210406-234030
> base:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
> cc0626c2aaed8e475efdd85fa374b497a7192e35
> config: x86_64-randconfig-m001-20210406 (attached as .config)
> compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> 
> smatch warnings:
> drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c:2069 axienet_probe()
> warn: passing a valid pointer to 'PTR_ERR'
> 
> vim +/PTR_ERR +2069 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> 
> 522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2060  	/* Check for
> Ethernet core IRQ (optional) */
> 522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2061  	if (lp->eth_irq 
> <= 0)
> 522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2062
> 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Ethernet core IRQ not defined\n");
> 522856cefaf09d Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2063
> 8a3b7a252dca9f Daniel Borkmann     2012-01-19  2064  	/* Retrieve the
> MAC address */
> 411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2065  	ret =
> of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_addr);
> 411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2066  	if (!ret) {
> 411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2067
> 		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
> 411b125c6ace1f Michael Walle       2021-04-06  2068  	} else {
> d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock      2019-06-06 @2069
> 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
> d05a9ed5c3a773 Robert Hancock      2019-06-06  2070  			 
> PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
> 
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This should print "ret".

Thanks, this was fixed (in the now merged) v4. I forgot
to add you to that huge CC list. Sorry for that.

-michael
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/kirkwood.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/kirkwood.c
index ceaad6d5927e..06b1706595f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/kirkwood.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/kirkwood.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@  static void __init kirkwood_dt_eth_fixup(void)
 		struct device_node *pnp = of_get_parent(np);
 		struct clk *clk;
 		struct property *pmac;
+		u8 tmpmac[ETH_ALEN];
 		void __iomem *io;
 		u8 *macaddr;
 		u32 reg;
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@  static void __init kirkwood_dt_eth_fixup(void)
 
 		/* skip disabled nodes or nodes with valid MAC address*/
 		if (!of_device_is_available(pnp) ||
-		    !IS_ERR(of_get_mac_address(np)))
+		    !of_get_mac_address(np, tmpmac))
 			goto eth_fixup_skip;
 
 		clk = of_clk_get(pnp, 0);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/tsi108_dev.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/tsi108_dev.c
index 0baec82510b9..4c4a6efd5e5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/tsi108_dev.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/tsi108_dev.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@  static int __init tsi108_eth_of_init(void)
 		struct device_node *phy, *mdio;
 		hw_info tsi_eth_data;
 		const unsigned int *phy_id;
-		const void *mac_addr;
 		const phandle *ph;
 
 		memset(r, 0, sizeof(r));
@@ -101,9 +100,7 @@  static int __init tsi108_eth_of_init(void)
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-			ether_addr_copy(tsi_eth_data.mac_addr, mac_addr);
+		of_get_mac_address(np, tsi_eth_data.mac_addr);
 
 		ph = of_get_property(np, "mdio-handle", NULL);
 		mdio = of_find_node_by_phandle(*ph);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
index 9c5891bbfe61..d77fafbc1530 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
@@ -1449,10 +1449,10 @@  static int greth_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 			break;
 	}
 	if (i == 6) {
-		const u8 *addr;
+		u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
-		addr = of_get_mac_address(ofdev->dev.of_node);
-		if (!IS_ERR(addr)) {
+		err = of_get_mac_address(ofdev->dev.of_node, addr);
+		if (!err) {
 			for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
 				macaddr[i] = (unsigned int) addr[i];
 		} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
index 5ed80d9a6b9f..f99ae317c188 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@  static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct emac_board_info *db;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	int ret = 0;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 
 	ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct emac_board_info));
 	if (!ndev) {
@@ -853,12 +852,9 @@  static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Read MAC-address from DT */
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-
-	/* Check if the MAC address is valid, if not get a random one */
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
+		/* if the MAC address is invalid get a random one */
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random MAC address %pM\n",
 			 ndev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 907125abef2c..1c00d719e5d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,6 @@  static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *control_port;
 	struct resource *dma_res;
 	struct altera_tse_private *priv;
-	const unsigned char *macaddr;
 	void __iomem *descmap;
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id = NULL;
 
@@ -1525,10 +1524,8 @@  static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->rx_dma_buf_sz = ALTERA_RXDMABUFFER_SIZE;
 
 	/* get default MAC address from device tree */
-	macaddr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(macaddr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, macaddr);
-	else
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 
 	/* get phy addr and create mdio */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
index b56a9e2aecd9..67b8113a2b53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
@@ -857,7 +857,6 @@  int arc_emac_probe(struct net_device *ndev, int interface)
 	struct device_node *phy_node;
 	struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
 	struct arc_emac_priv *priv;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 	unsigned int id, clock_frequency, irq;
 	int err;
 
@@ -942,11 +941,8 @@  int arc_emac_probe(struct net_device *ndev, int interface)
 	}
 
 	/* Get MAC address from device tree */
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	else
+	err = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (err)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 
 	arc_emac_set_address_internal(ndev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
index a60ce9030581..dc716156d87d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,6 @@  static int ag71xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct ag71xx_dcfg *dcfg;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct resource *res;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	int tx_size, err, i;
 	struct ag71xx *ag;
 
@@ -1957,10 +1956,8 @@  static int ag71xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ag->stop_desc->ctrl = 0;
 	ag->stop_desc->next = (u32)ag->stop_desc_dma;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	if (IS_ERR(mac_addr) || !is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+	err = of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (err) {
 		netif_err(ag, probe, ndev, "invalid MAC address, using random address\n");
 		eth_random_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm4908_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm4908_enet.c
index cbfed1d1477b..12945d754ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm4908_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm4908_enet.c
@@ -685,7 +685,6 @@  static int bcm4908_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct bcm4908_enet *enet;
-	const u8 *mac;
 	int err;
 
 	netdev = devm_alloc_etherdev(dev, sizeof(*enet));
@@ -715,10 +714,8 @@  static int bcm4908_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return err;
 
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, mac);
-	else
+	err = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node, netdev->dev_addr);
+	if (err)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &bcm4908_enet_netdev_ops;
 	netdev->min_mtu = ETH_ZLEN;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
index 777bbf6d2586..d9f0f0df8f7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
@@ -2457,7 +2457,6 @@  static int bcm_sysport_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct bcm_sysport_priv *priv;
 	struct device_node *dn;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	const void *macaddr;
 	u32 txq, rxq;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -2552,12 +2551,10 @@  static int bcm_sysport_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize netdevice members */
-	macaddr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
-	if (IS_ERR(macaddr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(dn, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
-	} else {
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
 	}
 
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c
index a5fd161ab5ee..85fa0ab7201c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-bcma.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@  static int bgmac_probe(struct bcma_device *core)
 	struct ssb_sprom *sprom = &core->bus->sprom;
 	struct mii_bus *mii_bus;
 	struct bgmac *bgmac;
-	const u8 *mac = NULL;
+	const u8 *mac;
 	int err;
 
 	bgmac = bgmac_alloc(&core->dev);
@@ -128,11 +128,10 @@  static int bgmac_probe(struct bcma_device *core)
 
 	bcma_set_drvdata(core, bgmac);
 
-	if (bgmac->dev->of_node)
-		mac = of_get_mac_address(bgmac->dev->of_node);
+	err = of_get_mac_address(bgmac->dev->of_node, bgmac->net_dev->dev_addr);
 
 	/* If no MAC address assigned via device tree, check SPROM */
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac)) {
+	if (err) {
 		switch (core->core_unit) {
 		case 0:
 			mac = sprom->et0mac;
@@ -149,10 +148,9 @@  static int bgmac_probe(struct bcma_device *core)
 			err = -ENOTSUPP;
 			goto err;
 		}
+		ether_addr_copy(bgmac->net_dev->dev_addr, mac);
 	}
 
-	ether_addr_copy(bgmac->net_dev->dev_addr, mac);
-
 	/* On BCM4706 we need common core to access PHY */
 	if (core->id.id == BCMA_CORE_4706_MAC_GBIT &&
 	    !core->bus->drv_gmac_cmn.core) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
index f37f1c58f368..9834b77cf4b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@  static int bgmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct bgmac *bgmac;
 	struct resource *regs;
-	const u8 *mac_addr;
+	int ret;
 
 	bgmac = bgmac_alloc(&pdev->dev);
 	if (!bgmac)
@@ -192,11 +192,10 @@  static int bgmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	bgmac->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	bgmac->dma_dev = &pdev->dev;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(bgmac->net_dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	else
-		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "MAC address not present in device tree\n");
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, bgmac->net_dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+			 "MAC address not present in device tree\n");
 
 	bgmac->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (bgmac->irq < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index f56f3dbbc015..480ea7f5f6fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -4642,7 +4642,6 @@  static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct resource *regs;
 	void __iomem *mem;
-	const char *mac;
 	struct macb *bp;
 	int err, val;
 
@@ -4757,15 +4756,11 @@  static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_NEEDS_RSTONUBR)
 		bp->rx_intr_mask |= MACB_BIT(RXUBR);
 
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (PTR_ERR(mac) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-		err = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+	err = of_get_mac_address(np, bp->dev->dev_addr);
+	if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 		goto err_out_free_netdev;
-	} else if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac);
-	} else {
+	else if (err)
 		macb_get_hwaddr(bp);
-	}
 
 	err = of_get_phy_mode(np, &interface);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index ecffebd513be..48ff6fb0eed9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,6 @@  static int octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct octeon_mgmt *p;
 	const __be32 *data;
-	const u8 *mac;
 	struct resource *res_mix;
 	struct resource *res_agl;
 	struct resource *res_agl_prt_ctl;
@@ -1502,11 +1501,8 @@  static int octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	netdev->min_mtu = 64 - OCTEON_MGMT_RX_HEADROOM;
 	netdev->max_mtu = 16383 - OCTEON_MGMT_RX_HEADROOM - VLAN_HLEN;
 
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, mac);
-	else
+	result = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, netdev->dev_addr);
+	if (result)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
 
 	p->phy_np = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "phy-handle", 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
index 8ff28ed04b7f..0c783aadf393 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
@@ -1474,7 +1474,6 @@  static int bgx_init_of_phy(struct bgx *bgx)
 	device_for_each_child_node(&bgx->pdev->dev, fwn) {
 		struct phy_device *pd;
 		struct device_node *phy_np;
-		const char *mac;
 
 		/* Should always be an OF node.  But if it is not, we
 		 * cannot handle it, so exit the loop.
@@ -1483,9 +1482,7 @@  static int bgx_init_of_phy(struct bgx *bgx)
 		if (!node)
 			break;
 
-		mac = of_get_mac_address(node);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-			ether_addr_copy(bgx->lmac[lmac].mac, mac);
+		of_get_mac_address(node, bgx->lmac[lmac].mac);
 
 		SET_NETDEV_DEV(&bgx->lmac[lmac].netdev, &bgx->pdev->dev);
 		bgx->lmac[lmac].lmacid = lmac;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
index 252adfa5d837..2374c51bf2b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@  static struct dm9000_plat_data *dm9000_parse_dt(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dm9000_plat_data *pdata;
 	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
-	const void *mac_addr;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) || !np)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
@@ -1399,11 +1399,9 @@  static struct dm9000_plat_data *dm9000_parse_dt(struct device *dev)
 	if (of_find_property(np, "davicom,no-eeprom", NULL))
 		pdata->flags |= DM9000_PLATF_NO_EEPROM;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(pdata->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	else if (PTR_ERR(mac_addr) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-		return ERR_CAST(mac_addr);
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, pdata->dev_addr);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	return pdata;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
index 3d9b0b161e24..e1b43b07755b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
@@ -1151,11 +1151,7 @@  static int ethoc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, pdata->hwaddr);
 		priv->phy_id = pdata->phy_id;
 	} else {
-		const void *mac;
-
-		mac = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-			ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, mac);
+		of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, netdev->dev_addr);
 		priv->phy_id = -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c
index 815fb62c4b02..e3954d8835e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@  static s32 nps_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct nps_enet_priv *priv;
 	s32 err = 0;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 
 	if (!dev->of_node)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -602,10 +601,8 @@  static s32 nps_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Registers base address is 0x%p\n", priv->regs_base);
 
 	/* set kernel MAC address to dev */
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	else
+	err = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (err)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 
 	/* Get IRQ number */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 3db882322b2b..622488241c2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1665,6 +1665,7 @@  static void fec_get_mac(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	unsigned char *iap, tmpaddr[ETH_ALEN];
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * try to get mac address in following order:
@@ -1680,9 +1681,9 @@  static void fec_get_mac(struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(iap)) {
 		struct device_node *np = fep->pdev->dev.of_node;
 		if (np) {
-			const char *mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-			if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-				iap = (unsigned char *) mac;
+			ret = of_get_mac_address(np, tmpaddr);
+			if (!ret)
+				iap = tmpaddr;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c
index b3bad429e03b..02c47658a215 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@  static int mpc52xx_fec_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	const u32 *prop;
 	int prop_size;
 	struct device_node *np = op->dev.of_node;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 
 	phys_addr_t rx_fifo;
 	phys_addr_t tx_fifo;
@@ -891,10 +890,8 @@  static int mpc52xx_fec_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	 *
 	 * First try to read MAC address from DT
 	 */
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	} else {
+	rv = of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (rv) {
 		struct mpc52xx_fec __iomem *fec = priv->fec;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
index 901749a7a318..46ecb42f2ef8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@  static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	struct platform_device	*of_dev;
 	struct resource		 res;
 	struct mac_priv_s	*priv;
-	const u8		*mac_addr;
 	u32			 val;
 	u8			fman_id;
 	phy_interface_t          phy_if;
@@ -723,11 +722,9 @@  static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	priv->cell_index = (u8)val;
 
 	/* Get the MAC address */
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(mac_node);
-	if (IS_ERR(mac_addr))
+	err = of_get_mac_address(mac_node, mac_dev->addr);
+	if (err)
 		dev_warn(dev, "of_get_mac_address(%pOF) failed\n", mac_node);
-	else
-		ether_addr_copy(mac_dev->addr, mac_addr);
 
 	/* Get the port handles */
 	nph = of_count_phandle_with_args(mac_node, "fsl,fman-ports", NULL);
@@ -853,7 +850,7 @@  static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		dev_err(dev, "fman_set_mac_active_pause() = %d\n", err);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
+	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(mac_dev->addr))
 		dev_info(dev, "FMan MAC address: %pM\n", mac_dev->addr);
 
 	priv->eth_dev = dpaa_eth_add_device(fman_id, mac_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index 78e008b81374..6ee325ad35c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -918,7 +918,6 @@  static int fs_enet_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	const u32 *data;
 	struct clk *clk;
 	int err;
-	const u8 *mac_addr;
 	const char *phy_connection_type;
 	int privsize, len, ret = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -1006,9 +1005,7 @@  static int fs_enet_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	spin_lock_init(&fep->lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fep->tx_lock);
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(ofdev->dev.of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
+	of_get_mac_address(ofdev->dev.of_node, ndev->dev_addr);
 
 	ret = fep->ops->allocate_bd(ndev);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 1cf8ef717453..1c023f12d06e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -636,7 +636,6 @@  static phy_interface_t gfar_get_interface(struct net_device *dev)
 static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 {
 	const char *model;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	int err = 0, i;
 	phy_interface_t interface;
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
@@ -778,11 +777,8 @@  static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 	if (stash_len || stash_idx)
 		priv->device_flags |= FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_BUF_STASHING;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	} else {
+	err = of_get_mac_address(np, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (err) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 		dev_info(&ofdev->dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n", dev->dev_addr);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index ef4e2febeb5b..e0936510fa34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3562,7 +3562,6 @@  static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 	struct resource res;
 	int err, ucc_num, max_speed = 0;
 	const unsigned int *prop;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	phy_interface_t phy_interface;
 	static const int enet_to_speed[] = {
 		SPEED_10, SPEED_10, SPEED_10,
@@ -3733,9 +3732,7 @@  static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 		goto err_free_netdev;
 	}
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
+	of_get_mac_address(np, dev->dev_addr);
 
 	ugeth->ug_info = ug_info;
 	ugeth->dev = device;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
index 57c3bc4f7089..3c4db4a6b431 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
@@ -772,7 +772,6 @@  static int hisi_femac_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct hisi_femac_priv *priv;
 	struct phy_device *phy;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 	int ret;
 
 	ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*priv));
@@ -842,10 +841,8 @@  static int hisi_femac_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			   (unsigned long)phy->phy_id,
 			   phy_modes(phy->interface));
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(node, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 		dev_warn(dev, "using random MAC address %pM\n",
 			 ndev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c
index 8b2bf85039f1..c1aae0fca5e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,6 @@  static int hix5hd2_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct hix5hd2_priv *priv;
 	struct mii_bus *bus;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 	int ret;
 
 	ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct hix5hd2_priv));
@@ -1220,10 +1219,8 @@  static int hix5hd2_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out_phy_node;
 	}
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(node, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 		netdev_warn(ndev, "using random MAC address %pM\n",
 			    ndev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
index 0f8ef8f1232c..41c2ad210bc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@  static int xrx200_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct xrx200_priv *priv;
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
-	const u8 *mac;
 	int err;
 
 	/* alloc the network device */
@@ -477,10 +476,8 @@  static int xrx200_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
 	}
 
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(net_dev->dev_addr, mac);
-	else
+	err = of_get_mac_address(np, net_dev->dev_addr);
+	if (err)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(net_dev);
 
 	/* bring up the dma engine and IP core */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index ca1681aa951a..d207bfcaf31d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2702,7 +2702,6 @@  static int mv643xx_eth_shared_of_add_port(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	struct platform_device *ppdev;
 	struct mv643xx_eth_platform_data ppd;
 	struct resource res;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 	int ret;
 	int dev_num = 0;
 
@@ -2733,9 +2732,7 @@  static int mv643xx_eth_shared_of_add_port(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pnp);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ppd.mac_addr, mac_addr);
+	of_get_mac_address(pnp, ppd.mac_addr);
 
 	mv643xx_eth_property(pnp, "tx-queue-size", ppd.tx_queue_size);
 	mv643xx_eth_property(pnp, "tx-sram-addr", ppd.tx_sram_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index f20dfd1d7a6b..7d5cd9bc6c99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -5141,7 +5141,6 @@  static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct phylink *phylink;
 	struct phy *comphy;
-	const char *dt_mac_addr;
 	char hw_mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	phy_interface_t phy_mode;
 	const char *mac_from;
@@ -5237,10 +5236,9 @@  static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_free_ports;
 	}
 
-	dt_mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
-	if (!IS_ERR(dt_mac_addr)) {
+	err = of_get_mac_address(dn, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (!err) {
 		mac_from = "device tree";
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, dt_mac_addr);
 	} else {
 		mvneta_get_mac_addr(pp, hw_mac_addr);
 		if (is_valid_ether_addr(hw_mac_addr)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_main.c
index 25dd903a3e92..f08c420a5803 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_main.c
@@ -456,20 +456,17 @@  static int prestera_switch_set_base_mac_addr(struct prestera_switch *sw)
 {
 	struct device_node *base_mac_np;
 	struct device_node *np;
-	const char *base_mac;
+	int ret;
 
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "marvell,prestera");
 	base_mac_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "base-mac-provider", 0);
 
-	base_mac = of_get_mac_address(base_mac_np);
-	of_node_put(base_mac_np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(base_mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(sw->base_mac, base_mac);
-
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sw->base_mac)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(base_mac_np, sw->base_mac);
+	if (ret) {
 		eth_random_addr(sw->base_mac);
 		dev_info(prestera_dev(sw), "using random base mac address\n");
 	}
+	of_node_put(base_mac_np);
 
 	return prestera_hw_switch_mac_set(sw, sw->base_mac);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
index 3712e1786091..e967867828d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
@@ -1392,7 +1392,6 @@  static int pxa168_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct clk *clk;
 	struct device_node *np;
-	const unsigned char *mac_addr = NULL;
 	int err;
 
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE "PXA168 10/100 Ethernet Driver\n");
@@ -1435,12 +1434,8 @@  static int pxa168_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	INIT_WORK(&pep->tx_timeout_task, pxa168_eth_tx_timeout_task);
 
-	if (pdev->dev.of_node)
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac_addr)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-	} else {
+	err = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (err) {
 		/* try reading the mac address, if set by the bootloader */
 		pxa168_eth_get_mac_address(dev, dev->dev_addr);
 		if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
index 68c154d715d6..222c32367b2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
@@ -4728,7 +4728,7 @@  static struct net_device *sky2_init_netdev(struct sky2_hw *hw, unsigned port,
 {
 	struct sky2_port *sky2;
 	struct net_device *dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*sky2));
-	const void *iap;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;
@@ -4798,10 +4798,8 @@  static struct net_device *sky2_init_netdev(struct sky2_hw *hw, unsigned port,
 	 * 1) from device tree data
 	 * 2) from internal registers set by bootloader
 	 */
-	iap = of_get_mac_address(hw->pdev->dev.of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(iap))
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, iap);
-	else
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(hw->pdev->dev.of_node, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret)
 		memcpy_fromio(dev->dev_addr, hw->regs + B2_MAC_1 + port * 8,
 			      ETH_ALEN);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index 810def064f11..6b00c12c6c43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -2484,14 +2484,11 @@  static int __init mtk_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct mtk_mac *mac = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mtk_eth *eth = mac->hw;
-	const char *mac_addr;
-
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(mac->of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
+	int ret;
 
-	/* If the mac address is invalid, use random mac address  */
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(mac->of_node, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
+		/* If the mac address is invalid, use random mac address */
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 		dev_err(eth->dev, "generated random MAC address %pM\n",
 			dev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c
index 2feed6ce19d3..13eef6e9bd2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c
@@ -193,11 +193,10 @@  static void ks8851_read_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 static void ks8851_init_mac(struct ks8851_net *ks, struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = ks->netdev;
-	const u8 *mac_addr;
+	int ret;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (!ret) {
 		ks8851_write_mac_addr(dev);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
index e7ab5f3f73fd..a841aba69c5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
@@ -2771,7 +2771,6 @@  static int lan743x_pcidev_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 {
 	struct lan743x_adapter *adapter = NULL;
 	struct net_device *netdev = NULL;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
 	netdev = devm_alloc_etherdev(&pdev->dev,
@@ -2788,9 +2787,7 @@  static int lan743x_pcidev_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			      NETIF_MSG_IFDOWN | NETIF_MSG_TX_QUEUED;
 	netdev->max_mtu = LAN743X_MAX_FRAME_SIZE;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(adapter->mac_address, mac_addr);
+	of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, adapter->mac_address);
 
 	ret = lan743x_pci_init(adapter, pdev);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
index e72fd33a214c..64c6842bd452 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
@@ -1350,9 +1350,7 @@  static int lpc_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	__lpc_get_mac(pldat, ndev->dev_addr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
-		const char *macaddr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-		if (!IS_ERR(macaddr))
-			ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, macaddr);
+		of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);
 	}
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
index 5a3b65a6eb4f..ab9b02574a15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@  qca_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	struct net_device *qcaspi_devs = NULL;
 	u8 legacy_mode = 0;
 	u16 signature;
-	const char *mac;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!spi->dev.of_node) {
 		dev_err(&spi->dev, "Missing device tree\n");
@@ -962,12 +962,8 @@  qca_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	spi_set_drvdata(spi, qcaspi_devs);
 
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(spi->dev.of_node);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(qca->net_dev->dev_addr, mac);
-
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(qca->net_dev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(spi->dev.of_node, qca->net_dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(qca->net_dev);
 		dev_info(&spi->dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
 			 qca->net_dev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_uart.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_uart.c
index 362b4f5c162c..bcdeca7b3366 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_uart.c
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@  static int qca_uart_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *qcauart_dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct qcauart));
 	struct qcauart *qca;
-	const char *mac;
 	u32 speed = 115200;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -348,12 +347,8 @@  static int qca_uart_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 
 	of_property_read_u32(serdev->dev.of_node, "current-speed", &speed);
 
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(serdev->dev.of_node);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(qca->net_dev->dev_addr, mac);
-
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(qca->net_dev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(serdev->dev.of_node, qca->net_dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(qca->net_dev);
 		dev_info(&serdev->dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
 			 qca->net_dev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
index eb0c03bdb12d..e196ad5816c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
@@ -109,11 +109,13 @@  static void ravb_set_buffer_align(struct sk_buff *skb)
  * Ethernet AVB device doesn't have ROM for MAC address.
  * This function gets the MAC address that was used by a bootloader.
  */
-static void ravb_read_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, const u8 *mac)
+static void ravb_read_mac_address(struct device_node *np,
+				  struct net_device *ndev)
 {
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac);
-	} else {
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
 		u32 mahr = ravb_read(ndev, MAHR);
 		u32 malr = ravb_read(ndev, MALR);
 
@@ -2200,7 +2202,7 @@  static int ravb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->msg_enable = RAVB_DEF_MSG_ENABLE;
 
 	/* Read and set MAC address */
-	ravb_read_mac_address(ndev, of_get_mac_address(np));
+	ravb_read_mac_address(np, ndev);
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
 			 "no valid MAC address supplied, using a random one\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index ebedb1a11132..c5b154868c1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -3170,7 +3170,6 @@  static struct sh_eth_plat_data *sh_eth_parse_dt(struct device *dev)
 	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
 	struct sh_eth_plat_data *pdata;
 	phy_interface_t interface;
-	const char *mac_addr;
 	int ret;
 
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3182,9 +3181,7 @@  static struct sh_eth_plat_data *sh_eth_parse_dt(struct device *dev)
 		return NULL;
 	pdata->phy_interface = interface;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(pdata->mac_addr, mac_addr);
+	of_get_mac_address(np, pdata->mac_addr);
 
 	pdata->no_ether_link =
 		of_property_read_bool(np, "renesas,no-ether-link");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c
index 33f79402850d..4639ed9438a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_platform.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 static int sxgbe_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
-				 struct sxgbe_plat_data *plat,
-				 const char **mac)
+				 struct sxgbe_plat_data *plat)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct sxgbe_dma_cfg *dma_cfg;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@  static int sxgbe_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!np)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	*mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
 	err = of_get_phy_mode(np, &plat->interface);
 	if (err && err != -ENODEV)
 		return err;
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@  static int sxgbe_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 #else
 static int sxgbe_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
-				 struct sxgbe_plat_data *plat,
-				 const char **mac)
+				 struct sxgbe_plat_data *plat)
 {
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
@@ -85,7 +82,6 @@  static int sxgbe_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	void __iomem *addr;
 	struct sxgbe_priv_data *priv = NULL;
 	struct sxgbe_plat_data *plat_dat = NULL;
-	const char *mac = NULL;
 	struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
 
@@ -101,7 +97,7 @@  static int sxgbe_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (!plat_dat)
 			return  -ENOMEM;
 
-		ret = sxgbe_probe_config_dt(pdev, plat_dat, &mac);
+		ret = sxgbe_probe_config_dt(pdev, plat_dat);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_err("%s: main dt probe failed\n", __func__);
 			return ret;
@@ -122,8 +118,7 @@  static int sxgbe_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Get MAC address if available (DT) */
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(priv->dev->dev_addr, mac);
+	of_get_mac_address(node, priv->dev->dev_addr);
 
 	/* Get the TX/RX IRQ numbers */
 	for (i = 0, chan = 1; i < SXGBE_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
index 501b9c7aba56..fcbb4bb31408 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c
@@ -1559,7 +1559,6 @@  static int ave_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct ave_private *priv;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct device_node *np;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	void __iomem *base;
 	const char *name;
 	int i, irq, ret;
@@ -1600,12 +1599,9 @@  static int ave_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ndev->max_mtu = AVE_MAX_ETHFRAME - (ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN);
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-
-	/* if the mac address is invalid, use random mac address */
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret) {
+		/* if the mac address is invalid, use random mac address */
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 		dev_warn(dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
 			 ndev->dev_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-anarion.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-anarion.c
index 08c76636c164..dfbaea06d108 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-anarion.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-anarion.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@  static int anarion_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(gmac))
 		return PTR_ERR(gmac);
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c
index 27254b27d7ed..bc91fd867dcd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@  static int dwc_eth_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(stmmac_res.addr))
 		return PTR_ERR(stmmac_res.addr);
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c
index fad503820e04..fbfda55b4c52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@  static int dwmac_generic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
-		plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+		plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 		if (IS_ERR(plat_dat)) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dt configuration failed\n");
 			return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-imx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-imx.c
index c1a361305a5a..84651207a1de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-imx.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@  static int imx_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!dwmac)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel-plat.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel-plat.c
index 6c19fcc76c6f..06d287f104be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-intel-plat.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@  static int intel_eth_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dt configuration failed\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c
index 749585fe6fc9..28dd0ed85a82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@  static int ipq806x_gmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (val)
 		return val;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c
index 3d3f43d91b98..9d77c647badd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@  static int lpc18xx_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-mediatek.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-mediatek.c
index 9e4b83832938..58c0feaa8131 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-mediatek.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-mediatek.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@  static int mediatek_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson.c
index bbc16b5a410a..16fb66a0ca72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@  static int meson6_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
index 848e5c37746b..c7a6588d9398 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@  static int meson8b_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-oxnas.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-oxnas.c
index 8551ea878ba5..adfeb8d3293d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-oxnas.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-oxnas.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@  static int oxnas_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
index a674b7d6b49a..84382fc5cc4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@  static int qcom_ethqos_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dt configuration failed\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c
index 6ef30252bfe0..8d28a536e1bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@  static int rk_gmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c
index 70d41783329d..85208128f135 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@  static int socfpga_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sti.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sti.c
index e1b63df6f96f..710d7435733e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sti.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@  static int sti_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c
index 5d4df4c5254e..2b38a499a404 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@  static int stm32_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
index 19e7ec30af4c..4422baeed3d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@  static int sun8i_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
index 0e1ca2cba3c7..527077c98ebc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@  static int sun7i_gmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-visconti.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-visconti.c
index d23be45a64e5..d046e33b8a29 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-visconti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-visconti.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@  static int visconti_eth_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, &stmmac_res.mac);
+	plat_dat = stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
 	if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
 		return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
index c49debb62b05..8b4ff9c189a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ 
 
 struct stmmac_resources {
 	void __iomem *addr;
-	const char *mac;
+	u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
 	int wol_irq;
 	int lpi_irq;
 	int irq;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 77285646c5fc..229b842480d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -6016,8 +6016,8 @@  int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 	for (i = 0; i < MTL_MAX_TX_QUEUES; i++)
 		priv->tx_irq[i] = res->tx_irq[i];
 
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(res->mac))
-		memcpy(priv->dev->dev_addr, res->mac, ETH_ALEN);
+	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(res->mac))
+		ether_addr_copy(priv->dev->dev_addr, res->mac);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(device, priv->dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 5a1e018884e6..1e17a23d9118 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@  static int stmmac_of_get_mac_mode(struct device_node *np)
  * set some private fields that will be used by the main at runtime.
  */
 struct plat_stmmacenet_data *
-stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
+stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat;
@@ -406,12 +406,12 @@  stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
 	if (!plat)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	*mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (IS_ERR(*mac)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(*mac) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			return ERR_CAST(*mac);
+	rc = of_get_mac_address(np, mac);
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			return ERR_PTR(rc);
 
-		*mac = NULL;
+		eth_zero_addr(mac);
 	}
 
 	plat->phy_interface = device_get_phy_mode(&pdev->dev);
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@  void stmmac_remove_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 #else
 struct plat_stmmacenet_data *
-stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
+stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.h
index 3a4663b7b460..3fff3f59d73d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 
 #include "stmmac.h"
 
 struct plat_stmmacenet_data *
-stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac);
+stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac);
 void stmmac_remove_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			     struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
index 638d7b03be4b..6a67b026df0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
@@ -1824,7 +1824,6 @@  static int am65_cpsw_nuss_init_slave_ports(struct am65_cpsw_common *common)
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(node, port_np) {
 		struct am65_cpsw_port *port;
-		const void *mac_addr;
 		u32 port_id;
 
 		/* it is not a slave port node, continue */
@@ -1903,15 +1902,15 @@  static int am65_cpsw_nuss_init_slave_ports(struct am65_cpsw_common *common)
 			return ret;
 		}
 
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(port_np);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-			ether_addr_copy(port->slave.mac_addr, mac_addr);
-		} else if (am65_cpsw_am654_get_efuse_macid(port_np,
-							   port->port_id,
-							   port->slave.mac_addr) ||
-			   !is_valid_ether_addr(port->slave.mac_addr)) {
-			random_ether_addr(port->slave.mac_addr);
-			dev_err(dev, "Use random MAC address\n");
+		ret = of_get_mac_address(port_np, port->slave.mac_addr);
+		if (ret) {
+			am65_cpsw_am654_get_efuse_macid(port_np,
+							port->port_id,
+							port->slave.mac_addr);
+			if (!is_valid_ether_addr(port->slave.mac_addr)) {
+				random_ether_addr(port->slave.mac_addr);
+				dev_err(dev, "Use random MAC address\n");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	of_node_put(node);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
index 074702af3dc6..c0cd7de88316 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,6 @@  static int cpsw_probe_dt(struct cpsw_platform_data *data,
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(node, slave_node) {
 		struct cpsw_slave_data *slave_data = data->slave_data + i;
-		const void *mac_addr = NULL;
 		int lenp;
 		const __be32 *parp;
 
@@ -1368,10 +1367,8 @@  static int cpsw_probe_dt(struct cpsw_platform_data *data,
 		}
 
 no_phy_slave:
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(slave_node);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-			ether_addr_copy(slave_data->mac_addr, mac_addr);
-		} else {
+		ret = of_get_mac_address(slave_node, slave_data->mac_addr);
+		if (ret) {
 			ret = ti_cm_get_macid(&pdev->dev, i,
 					      slave_data->mac_addr);
 			if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
index 0751f77de2c7..69b7a4e0220a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,6 @@  static int cpsw_probe_dt(struct cpsw_common *cpsw)
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(tmp_node, port_np) {
 		struct cpsw_slave_data *slave_data;
-		const void *mac_addr;
 		u32 port_id;
 
 		ret = of_property_read_u32(port_np, "reg", &port_id);
@@ -1316,10 +1315,8 @@  static int cpsw_probe_dt(struct cpsw_common *cpsw)
 			goto err_node_put;
 		}
 
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(port_np);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-			ether_addr_copy(slave_data->mac_addr, mac_addr);
-		} else {
+		ret = of_get_mac_address(port_np, slave_data->mac_addr);
+		if (ret) {
 			ret = ti_cm_get_macid(dev, port_id - 1,
 					      slave_data->mac_addr);
 			if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
index c7031e1960d4..14e7da7d302f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1687,7 +1687,6 @@  davinci_emac_of_get_pdata(struct platform_device *pdev, struct emac_priv *priv)
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
 	const struct emac_platform_data *auxdata;
 	struct emac_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
-	const u8 *mac_addr;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) || !pdev->dev.of_node)
 		return dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
@@ -1699,11 +1698,8 @@  davinci_emac_of_get_pdata(struct platform_device *pdev, struct emac_priv *priv)
 	np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	pdata->version = EMAC_VERSION_2;
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(pdata->mac_addr)) {
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-			ether_addr_copy(pdata->mac_addr, mac_addr);
-	}
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(pdata->mac_addr))
+		of_get_mac_address(np, pdata->mac_addr);
 
 	of_property_read_u32(np, "ti,davinci-ctrl-reg-offset",
 			     &pdata->ctrl_reg_offset);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
index d7a144b4a09f..9030e619e543 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
@@ -1966,7 +1966,6 @@  static int netcp_create_interface(struct netcp_device *netcp_device,
 	struct resource res;
 	void __iomem *efuse = NULL;
 	u32 efuse_mac = 0;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	u8 efuse_mac_addr[6];
 	u32 temp[2];
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -2036,10 +2035,8 @@  static int netcp_create_interface(struct netcp_device *netcp_device,
 		devm_iounmap(dev, efuse);
 		devm_release_mem_region(dev, res.start, size);
 	} else {
-		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(node_interface);
-		if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-			ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
-		else
+		ret = of_get_mac_address(node_interface, ndev->dev_addr);
+		if (ret)
 			eth_random_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100-spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100-spi.c
index 2b4126d2427d..2b84848dc26a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100-spi.c
@@ -423,8 +423,14 @@  static int w5100_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
 	const struct w5100_ops *ops;
 	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
+	const void *mac = NULL;
+	u8 tmpmac[ETH_ALEN];
 	int priv_size;
-	const void *mac = of_get_mac_address(spi->dev.of_node);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(spi->dev.of_node, tmpmac);
+	if (!ret)
+		mac = tmpmac;
 
 	if (spi->dev.of_node) {
 		of_id = of_match_device(w5100_of_match, &spi->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
index c0d181a7f83a..ec5db481c9cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@  int w5100_probe(struct device *dev, const struct w5100_ops *ops,
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->setrx_work, w5100_setrx_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->restart_work, w5100_restart_work);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac_addr))
+	if (mac_addr)
 		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	else
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 030185301014..4eb81f467122 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@  static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *temac_np = dev_of_node(&pdev->dev), *dma_np;
 	struct temac_local *lp;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
-	const void *addr;
+	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	__be32 *p;
 	bool little_endian;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1542,8 +1542,8 @@  static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (temac_np) {
 		/* Retrieve the MAC address */
-		addr = of_get_mac_address(temac_np);
-		if (IS_ERR(addr)) {
+		rc = of_get_mac_address(temac_np, addr);
+		if (rc) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address\n");
 			return -ENODEV;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 92cf9051d557..5e1e923d7e7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -1835,8 +1835,8 @@  static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct axienet_local *lp;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
-	const void *mac_addr;
 	struct resource *ethres;
+	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	int addr_width = 32;
 	u32 value;
 
@@ -2062,13 +2062,14 @@  static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Ethernet core IRQ not defined\n");
 
 	/* Retrieve the MAC address */
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
-	if (IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_addr);
+	if (!ret) {
+		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
+	} else {
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
 			 PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
-		mac_addr = NULL;
+		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, NULL);
 	}
-	axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
 
 	lp->coalesce_count_rx = XAXIDMA_DFT_RX_THRESHOLD;
 	lp->coalesce_count_tx = XAXIDMA_DFT_TX_THRESHOLD;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
index 007840d4a807..d9d58a7dabee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,6 @@  static int xemaclite_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	struct net_device *ndev = NULL;
 	struct net_local *lp = NULL;
 	struct device *dev = &ofdev->dev;
-	const void *mac_address;
 
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -1157,12 +1156,9 @@  static int xemaclite_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	lp->next_rx_buf_to_use = 0x0;
 	lp->tx_ping_pong = get_bool(ofdev, "xlnx,tx-ping-pong");
 	lp->rx_ping_pong = get_bool(ofdev, "xlnx,rx-ping-pong");
-	mac_address = of_get_mac_address(ofdev->dev.of_node);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_address)) {
-		/* Set the MAC address. */
-		ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_address);
-	} else {
+	rc = of_get_mac_address(ofdev->dev.of_node, ndev->dev_addr);
+	if (rc) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "No MAC address found, using random\n");
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
index 01f9c26f9bf3..e9a36dd7144f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@  static int ath9k_of_init(struct ath_softc *sc)
 	struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
 	enum ath_bus_type bus_type = common->bus_ops->ath_bus_type;
-	const char *mac;
 	char eeprom_name[100];
 	int ret;
 
@@ -640,9 +639,7 @@  static int ath9k_of_init(struct ath_softc *sc)
 		ah->ah_flags |= AH_NO_EEP_SWAP;
 	}
 
-	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(common->macaddr, mac);
+	of_get_mac_address(np, common->macaddr);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c
index 665b54c5c8ae..6d895738222a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c
@@ -91,16 +91,9 @@  void
 mt76_eeprom_override(struct mt76_phy *phy)
 {
 	struct mt76_dev *dev = phy->dev;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
 	struct device_node *np = dev->dev->of_node;
-	const u8 *mac = NULL;
 
-	if (np)
-		mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(phy->macaddr, mac);
-#endif
+	of_get_mac_address(np, phy->macaddr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(phy->macaddr)) {
 		eth_random_addr(phy->macaddr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 61a4f1ad31e2..e95c101c2711 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -989,11 +989,7 @@  static void rt2x00lib_rate(struct ieee80211_rate *entry,
 
 void rt2x00lib_set_mac_address(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, u8 *eeprom_mac_addr)
 {
-	const char *mac_addr;
-
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(rt2x00dev->dev->of_node);
-	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr))
-		ether_addr_copy(eeprom_mac_addr, mac_addr);
+	of_get_mac_address(rt2x00dev->dev->of_node, eeprom_mac_addr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eeprom_mac_addr)) {
 		eth_random_addr(eeprom_mac_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_net.c b/drivers/of/of_net.c
index bc0a27de69d4..2344ad7fff5e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_net.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_net.c
@@ -45,42 +45,35 @@  int of_get_phy_mode(struct device_node *np, phy_interface_t *interface)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_phy_mode);
 
-static const void *of_get_mac_addr(struct device_node *np, const char *name)
+static int of_get_mac_addr(struct device_node *np, const char *name, u8 *addr)
 {
 	struct property *pp = of_find_property(np, name, NULL);
 
-	if (pp && pp->length == ETH_ALEN && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value))
-		return pp->value;
-	return NULL;
+	if (pp && pp->length == ETH_ALEN && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value)) {
+		ether_addr_copy(addr, pp->value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static const void *of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(struct device_node *np)
+static int of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(struct device_node *np, u8 addr)
 {
-	int ret;
-	const void *mac;
-	u8 nvmem_mac[ETH_ALEN];
 	struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(np);
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!pdev)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	ret = nvmem_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, &nvmem_mac);
-	if (ret) {
-		put_device(&pdev->dev);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	}
-
-	mac = devm_kmemdup(&pdev->dev, nvmem_mac, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = nvmem_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, addr);
 	put_device(&pdev->dev);
-	if (!mac)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	return mac;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
  * of_get_mac_address()
  * @np:		Caller's Device Node
+ * @addr:	Pointer to a six-byte array for the result
  *
  * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use.  'mac-address' is
  * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC
@@ -101,24 +94,27 @@  static const void *of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(struct device_node *np)
  * this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' exists
  * but is all zeros.
  *
- * Return: Will be a valid pointer on success and ERR_PTR in case of error.
+ * Return: 0 on success and errno in case of error.
 */
-const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
+int of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np, u8 *addr)
 {
-	const void *addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!np)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	addr = of_get_mac_addr(np, "mac-address");
-	if (addr)
-		return addr;
+	ret = of_get_mac_addr(np, "mac-address", addr);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
 
-	addr = of_get_mac_addr(np, "local-mac-address");
-	if (addr)
-		return addr;
+	ret = of_get_mac_addr(np, "local-mac-address", addr);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
 
-	addr = of_get_mac_addr(np, "address");
-	if (addr)
-		return addr;
+	ret = of_get_mac_addr(np, "address", addr);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
 
-	return of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(np);
+	return of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(np, addr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_mac_address);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index 5dea6e96ec90..da7c2cd8ebb8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -407,14 +407,10 @@  static int cvm_oct_common_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
 int cvm_oct_common_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct octeon_ethernet *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	const u8 *mac = NULL;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (priv->of_node)
-		mac = of_get_mac_address(priv->of_node);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac);
-	else
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(priv->of_node, dev->dev_addr);
+	if (ret)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c
index e7bc1988124a..4b9fdf99981b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@  int wfx_probe(struct wfx_dev *wdev)
 {
 	int i;
 	int err;
-	const void *macaddr;
 	struct gpio_desc *gpio_saved;
 
 	// During first part of boot, gpio_wakeup cannot yet been used. So
@@ -423,9 +422,9 @@  int wfx_probe(struct wfx_dev *wdev)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(wdev->addresses); i++) {
 		eth_zero_addr(wdev->addresses[i].addr);
-		macaddr = of_get_mac_address(wdev->dev->of_node);
-		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(macaddr)) {
-			ether_addr_copy(wdev->addresses[i].addr, macaddr);
+		err = of_get_mac_address(wdev->dev->of_node,
+					 wdev->addresses[i].addr);
+		if (!err) {
 			wdev->addresses[i].addr[ETH_ALEN - 1] += i;
 		} else {
 			ether_addr_copy(wdev->addresses[i].addr,
diff --git a/include/linux/of_net.h b/include/linux/of_net.h
index 71bbfcf3adcd..daef3b0d9270 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_net.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ 
 
 struct net_device;
 extern int of_get_phy_mode(struct device_node *np, phy_interface_t *interface);
-extern const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np);
+extern int of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np, u8 *mac);
 extern struct net_device *of_find_net_device_by_node(struct device_node *np);
 #else
 static inline int of_get_phy_mode(struct device_node *np,
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@  static inline int of_get_phy_mode(struct device_node *np,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static inline const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
+static inline int of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np, u8 *mac)
 {
-	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 static inline struct net_device *of_find_net_device_by_node(struct device_node *np)
diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index 57b2c49f72f4..1259b0f40684 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@  struct dsa_port {
 	unsigned int		index;
 	const char		*name;
 	struct dsa_port		*cpu_dp;
-	const char		*mac;
+	u8			mac[ETH_ALEN];
 	struct device_node	*dn;
 	unsigned int		ageing_time;
 	bool			vlan_filtering;
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
index d142eb2b288b..805118941dae 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@  static int dsa_port_setup(struct dsa_port *dp)
 
 		break;
 	case DSA_PORT_TYPE_USER:
-		dp->mac = of_get_mac_address(dp->dn);
+		of_get_mac_address(dp->dn, dp->mac);
 		err = dsa_slave_create(dp);
 		if (err)
 			break;
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 995e0e16f295..9300cb66e500 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@  int dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_port *port)
 	slave_dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_HW_TC;
 	slave_dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
 	slave_dev->ethtool_ops = &dsa_slave_ethtool_ops;
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(port->mac))
+	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(port->mac))
 		ether_addr_copy(slave_dev->dev_addr, port->mac);
 	else
 		eth_hw_addr_inherit(slave_dev, master);
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 933b427122be..9cce612e8976 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -511,13 +511,14 @@  unsigned char * __weak arch_get_platform_mac_address(void)
 
 int eth_platform_get_mac_address(struct device *dev, u8 *mac_addr)
 {
-	const unsigned char *addr = NULL;
+	unsigned char *addr;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (dev->of_node)
-		addr = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(addr))
-		addr = arch_get_platform_mac_address();
+	ret = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node, mac_addr);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
 
+	addr = arch_get_platform_mac_address();
 	if (!addr)
 		return -ENODEV;